A review by modestothemouse
Hidden Kingdom: The Surprising Story of Fungi and Our Forests, Homes, and Bodies by Keith Seifert

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

This book presents a vast and varied wealth of knowledge about the fungi that shape our world. Seifert’s ability to talk about the teeming, microscopic world of fungi is approachable and informative. One thing I’ve noticed about fungi books is that they usually have fun art in them. Like so many mycologists just have to show us what they see, because it is so vastly different from how we usually see the world.

Seifert ends the book on a hopeful note with discussions of current and potential technology utilizing fungi, and listing associations that participate in conservation and identification of rare fungi.