A beautiful field guide featuring notes, photos, and illustrations of more than 100 species of fungi.

A compact version of DK’s bestselling anthology series, An Anthology of Fungi is perfect for young nature enthusiasts aged 7-9 for taking on the go.

Children can marvel at many different toadstool species including fly agaric, porcelain fungus, velvet shank, wood blewit, and crimson waxcap, as well as lichens, brackets, and more – all beautifully detailed through illustrations, photographs, and annotations explaining each one.

This impressive fungi anthology for kids offers:

• The second book in the new compact spin-off of the bestselling Children’s Anthologies series, selling more than 135,000 copies in the US.
• A wide selection of mushroom types featured throughout, each accompanied by a beautiful photograph and an illustration.
• A quality gift book, with metallic foil and striking photographs on every page.

An Anthology of Fungi pairs photography with storybook descriptions that will captivate young readers, whether it's finding out about grasslands and meadows, mushroom shapes, and species. Featuring photographs of striking specimens and illustrations by the artist behind DK’s bestselling Anthology series, as well as plenty of intriguing information, this book will be one to treasure for young nature enthusiasts.

More in the series

An Anthology of Fungi is part of the beautiful, new and compact Anthology spin-off series. Complete the series and nurture your child's curiosity as they explore geology and earth materials with Rocks and Minerals.

Lynne Boddy is Professor of Fungal Ecology at Cardiff University and author of books including Humongous Fungus (DK, July 2021) and Fungi (DK, 2023). In 2019, she was awarded an MBE for Services to Mycology and science outreach, and in 2021 she won the Arboricultural Association Award for her achievements. Lynne has appeared on the BBC’s Deep Down and Dirty: the Science of Soil, Saving Species, Great British Food Revival, and The One Show; BBC Radio 4’s Life Scientifique, In Our Time, and The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry; and Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch.

Ali Ashby is a Fungal Biologist and former Royal Society University Research Fellow. Ali is a member of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) and the British Mycological Society (BMS), and she is a former member of BMS Council, and former chair of the BMS Fungal Education and Outreach committee. She coordinated the national BMS UK Fungus Day in 2013 and is actively involved in fungal education. Ali recently wrote a book called Unravelling the Fungus Among Us (LR Price Publications, 2023).