{"product_id":"the-secret-life-of-fungi-discoveries-from-a-hidden-world-9781639362912","title":"The Secret Life of Fungi: Discoveries from a Hidden World","description":"\u003cb\u003eFungi are unlike any other living thing--they almost magically unique. Welcome to this astonishing world. . . \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFungi can appear anywhere, from desert dunes to frozen tundra. They can invade our bodies and live between our toes or our floorboards. They are unwelcome intruders or vastly expensive treats, and symbols of both death and eternal life. But despite their familiar presence, there's still much to learn about the eruption, growth, and decay of their secret, interconnected, world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Aliya Whiteley has always been in love with fungi--from her childhood taking blurry photographs of strange fungal eruptions on Exmoor to a career as a writer inspired by their surreal and alien beauty. This love for fungi is a love for life, from single-cell spores to the largest living organism on the planet; a story stretching from Aliya's lawn into orbit and back again via every continent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From fields, feasts and fairy rings to death caps, puffballs and ambrosia beetles, this is an intoxicating journey into the life of an extraordinary organism, one that we have barely begun to understand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAliya Whiteley's writing has appeared in numerous places, including \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, McSweeney's Internet Tendency\u003c\/i\u003e and anthologies such as \u003ci\u003eUnsung Stories: This Dreaming Isle\u003c\/i\u003e and Lonely Planet's \u003ci\u003eBetter than Fiction I and II\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novella for \u003ci\u003eUnsung Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \"The Beauty,\" was shortlisted for a Shirley Jackson Award. Her recent novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Loosening Skin\u003c\/i\u003e, has been shortlisted for The Arthur C. Clarke Award.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50645182841106,"sku":"9781639362912","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ef19720f-9d6e-47b5-ba9e-1dcc4e8da793.jpg?v=1733142224","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-secret-life-of-fungi-discoveries-from-a-hidden-world-9781639362912","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}