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Author: Liv Sisson Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited ISBN: 1761047884 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 518
Book Description
Enter and explore the fascinating world of fungi. In this practical and up-to-date guide, forager and fungus enthusiast Liv Sisson shares her top tips and takes the reader on a journey to discover the unique and diverse fungi Aotearoa has to offer. Discover how to identify the best edible varieties, and how to cook with them, how these incredible organisms have shaped the world as we know it, and the role they are playing in modern medical and environmental research. Featuring stunning full-colour photographs, fun facts and current descriptions of over 130 species (including our brilliant blue national fungus, werewere kokako), Fungi of Aotearoa is packed full of information and advice that will delight armchair enthusiasts, backcountry explorers and budding experts alike.
Author: Liv Sisson Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited ISBN: 1761047884 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 518
Book Description
Enter and explore the fascinating world of fungi. In this practical and up-to-date guide, forager and fungus enthusiast Liv Sisson shares her top tips and takes the reader on a journey to discover the unique and diverse fungi Aotearoa has to offer. Discover how to identify the best edible varieties, and how to cook with them, how these incredible organisms have shaped the world as we know it, and the role they are playing in modern medical and environmental research. Featuring stunning full-colour photographs, fun facts and current descriptions of over 130 species (including our brilliant blue national fungus, werewere kokako), Fungi of Aotearoa is packed full of information and advice that will delight armchair enthusiasts, backcountry explorers and budding experts alike.
Author: Shirley Kerr Publisher: ISBN: 9780473475512 Category : Languages : en Pages : 196
Book Description
'After many months work, my book A Field Guide to New Zealand Fungi has been printed. There are colour images of over 600 species of fungi I have found, photographed and identified. A brief description to aid identification accompanies each image. The book has 196 pages, is A5 size and is spiral bound with plastic covers so it can fulfil its obligations as a field guide.'
Author: Steven L. Stephenson Publisher: ISBN: Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 264
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This book aims to provide a comprehensive monographic treatment of the more than 180 species of myxomycete previously reported or known to occur in New Zealand. An overview of the group is given, including aspects of their biology and ecology, along with an explanation of the basic structural features of the fruiting body upon which identification is based. Dichotomous keys are provided to the different taxonomic orders of myxomycetes and to families, genera, and species within each of these orders. Each species is described, and selected examples are illustrated with line drawings and/or colour photographs.
Author: G. S. Ridley Publisher: New Holland Publishers (UK) ISBN: 9781869661342 Category : Fungi Languages : en Pages : 143
Book Description
This new addition to New Holland's very popular pocket Photographic Guide series introduces readers to New Zealand's mushrooms and fungi, which number up to some 19,000 species and include extraordinarily diverse types, from the familiar 'mushroom' to brackets, coral and cup fungi and slime moulds. Over a hundred species are presented here, with spectacular close-up colour photographs accompanying each entry. The ideal size for slipping into a backpack when walking through bush and forest, it will appeal to walkers, nature lovers, tour guides and educators, and fungi photographers wishing to identify their subjects.
Author: Teresa M. McIntyre Publisher: ISBN: 9781877268007 Category : Conservation of natural resources Languages : en Pages : 126
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As a large, isolated and relatively ancient landmass, New Zealand occupies a unique place in the biological world, with distinctive terrestrial biota and a high proportion of primitive endemic forms. Biology Aotearoa covers the origins, evolution and conservation of the New Zealand flora, fauna and fungi. Each chapter is written by specialists in the field, often working from different perspectives to build up a comprehensive picture. Topics include: the geological history of our land origins, and evolution of our plants, animals and fungi current status of rare and threatened species past, present and future management of native species the effect of human immigration on the native biota. Colour diagrams and photographs are used throughout the text. This book is suitable for all students of biology or ecology who wish to know about the unique nature of Aotearoa New Zealand and its context in the biological world.
Author: Robert Vennell Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 1775491617 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 256
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The history and use of New Zealand's native plants A guide and gift book in equal measure, this treasure of a book pays homage to New Zealand's native plant species. The Meaning of Trees tells the story of plants and people in Aotearoa New Zealand. Beautifully illustrated with botanical drawings, paintings and photographs, it shows us how a globally unique flora has been used for food, medicine, shelter, spirituality and science. From Jurassic giants to botanical oddballs - these are our wonderful native and endemic plants, in an exquisite hardback edition.
Author: Kálmán Vánky Publisher: ISBN: Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 280
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In this monograph all 93 spceies of smut fungi known from New Zealand (plus one species found only in a quarantine, containment glasshouse) are described, and most are illustrated with line drawings of their habit on the host plants and by photomicrographs fo their spores, taken by both scanning electron microscopy and light microscopy. There is a key to the 25 genera of smut fungi known from New Zealand, and the 216 host/pathogen combinations in New Zealand are listed.
Author: Allan E. Hewitt Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3030647633 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 332
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This book offers an introduction to the soils of Aotearoa New Zealand, structured according to the New Zealand soil classification system. Starting with an overview of the importance and distribution of New Zealand soils, it subsequently provides essential information on each of the 15 New Zealand soil orders in separate chapters. Each chapter, illustrated with diagrams and photographs in colour, includes a summary of the main features of the soils in the order, their genesis and relationships with landscapes, their key properties including examples of physical and chemical characteristics, and their classification, use, and management. The book then features a chapter on soils in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica and concludes by considering New Zealand soils in a global context, soil-formation pathways, and methods used in New Zealand to evaluate soils and assist in land-management decisions. Information about how to access detailed information via links to the Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research website is also included.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: 9780999403907 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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A narrative nonfiction book about the world of Fungi.Enter our world. The world of fungi¿ the most mysterious and misunderstood kingdom on the planet. We are not plants. We are not animals. So what are we?From Veiled Ladies to Bleeding Teeth, learn how we eat, live, and control a part of the world you rarely even notice. Peek beneath the crispy leaves, peer inside your old lunch box, and poke between your smelly toes¿We¿re here, we¿re growing, and even when you think you can¿t see us¿we can always see you.
Author: Liv Sisson
Author: Liv Sisson
Author: Shirley Kerr
Author: Steven L. Stephenson
Author: G. S. Ridley
Author: Teresa M. McIntyre
Author: Robert Vennell
Author: Kálmán Vánky
Author: Allan E. Hewitt
Author: Ronald H. Petersen
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