Book event

Funga Obscura | Alison Pouliot

This book is about fungi, and the photography of fungi. The title – Funga Obscura – unites the two. Beginning in elemental landscapes of ice and rock, the book traces the evolutionary path of fungi as enablers of life on land, and creators of soils and forests. Crossing continents and ecosystems, we navigate lichen-covered landscapes, crawl in the fungal undergrowth, scale glacial extremes and duck between rainforest shadows.

Alison Pouliot, ecologist and environmental photographer, captures these remarkable lifeforms in this visual love letter to fungi.

Alison journeys in search of fungi span northern and southern hemispheres, ensuring two autumns and a double dose of fungi each year. She is the author of Underground Lovers, The Allure of Fungi and co-author of Wild Mushrooming.

Join Alison at the Afterword Cafe.