Planet Fungi
a photographer's foray
$57.39
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2025
Summary
Planet Fungi: A Photographer’s Foray into a Hidden Kingdom
Fungi are nature’s great networkers, weaving connections, driving transformation, and thriving in the most unexpected places. Planet Fungi: A Photographer’s Foray is a feast for the eyes, with stunning imagery and pioneering explorations that reveal the intricacies of fungal biology and their ecological significance.
It was a chance encounter in the forest with a purple mushroom that completely changed photo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781486318186 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1486318185 |
| Author: | Catherine Marciniak, Stephen Axford, Tom May |
| Publisher: | CSIRO Publishing |
| Imprint: | CSIRO Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.60kg |
| Dimensions: | 276mm x 237mm x 25mm |
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About The Author
Catherine Marciniak
Catherine Marciniak is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, photographer and journalist with over 80 hours of television credits, multi-screen exhibitions and numerous articles. She co-wrote the IMAX documentary Fungi: Web of Life and directed and co-produced Follow the Rain, exploring the world of fungi. As a features reporter with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, she is a two-time finalist in the Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism.
Stephen Axford is renowned for his macro fungi photography, which has been featured in publications and exhibitions worldwide. His fungi time-lapses appear in award-winning documentaries such as Planet Earth 2, Hostile Planet, Our Planet, The Kingdom, Fantastic Fungi and the IMAX documentary Fungi: Web of Life. He co-writes and presents Planet Fungi’s video productions, including their latest feature documentary Follow the Rain, capturing the intricate beauty of fungi globally.
Dr Tom May, mycologist at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria for nearly three decades, has a distinguished research career and a passion for communicating and educating about fungi. Former President of Fungimap, he co-authored FunKey and Wild Mushrooming: A Guide for Foragers. His contributions, spanning science and citizen science, have been recognised by award of the Nancy T. Burbidge Medal and the Australian Natural History Medallion.
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