The Forest in the Tree: How Fungi Shape the Earth
Author(s): Ailsa Wild, Aviva Reed, Briony Barr, Gregory Crocetti
Age range 8 to 12This is a story about trees and fungi connected through a 'wood wide web' — told by one tiny fungal spore.A little fungus meets a baby cacao tree and they learn to feed each other. They cooperate with a forest of plants and a metropolis of microbes in the soil. But when drought strikes can they work together to survive?The fourth book in the Small Friends Books series, this science-adventure story explores the Earth-shaping partnerships between plants, fungi and bacteria.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : CSIRO Publishing
- : CSIRO Publishing
- : 0.417305
- : 31 July 2020
- : {"length"=>["23"], "width"=>["23"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}
- : books
Special Fields
- : Ailsa Wild, Aviva Reed, Briony Barr, Gregory Crocetti
- : Hardback
- : 48
- : YBCS