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How the prized matsutake mushroom is remaking human communities in China—and providing new ways to understand human and more-than-human worldsWhat a Mushroom Lives For pushes today’s mushroom renaissance in compelling new directions. For centuries, Western science has promoted a human- and animal-centric framework of what counts as action, agency, movement, and behavior. But, as Michael Hathaway shows, the world-making capacities of mushrooms radically challenge this orthodoxy by revealing the lively dynamism of all forms of life.The book tells the fascinating story of one particularly prized species, the matsutake, and the astonishing ways it is silently yet powerfully shaping worlds, from the Tibetan plateau to the mushrooms’ final destination in Japan. Many Tibetan and Yi people have dedicated their lives to picking and selling this mushroom—a delicacy that drives a multibillion-dollar global trade network and that still grows only in the wild, despite scientists’ intensive efforts to cultivate it in urban labs. But this is far from a simple story of humans exploiting a passive, edible commodity. Rather, the book reveals the complex, symbiotic ways that mushrooms, plants, humans, and other animals interact. It explores how the world looks to the mushrooms, as well as to the people who have grown rich harvesting them.A surprise-filled journey into science and human culture, this exciting and provocative book shows how fungi shape our planet and our lives in strange, diverse, and often unimaginable ways.

Tricholoma matsutake. --- Tricholoma matsutake --- Ecology. --- Agaricus. --- Agriculture. --- Albert Bernhard Frank. --- Amanita muscaria. --- Amoeba. --- Arbuscular mycorrhiza. --- Arsenic. --- Aspergillus tubingensis. --- Bacteria. --- Baijiu. --- Beauveria. --- Biodiversity. --- Boletus. --- Bruno Latour. --- Bustard. --- Charles Darwin. --- Chert. --- Chytridiomycota. --- Claviceps purpurea. --- Compost. --- Cortinarius. --- Cyperaceae. --- Decomposer. --- Dry rot. --- Dugong. --- Eating. --- Ecological niche. --- Edible mushroom. --- Endophyte. --- Environmentalist. --- Ergot. --- Feather. --- Fiction. --- Forest gecko. --- Fungiculture. --- Fungus. --- Ganoderma applanatum. --- Giorgio Agamben. --- Herbivore. --- Hormone. --- Humus. --- I Wish (manhwa). --- Idealization. --- Inocybe. --- Insect farming. --- Insect. --- Intentionality. --- Invertebrate. --- Matsutake. --- Mentorship. --- Microbiologist. --- Microbiology. --- Microbiota. --- Microorganism. --- Millipede. --- Mold. --- Moss. --- Mushroom cloud. --- Mushroom hunting. --- Mushroom. --- Mycelium. --- Mycology. --- Mycorrhiza. --- Nutrient. --- Octopus. --- Olfaction. --- On Plants. --- Oomycete. --- Organism. --- Parasitism. --- Paul Stamets. --- Pine. --- Plant nutrition. --- Plant. --- Pleurotus ostreatus. --- Polypore. --- Probiotic. --- Psilocybin mushroom. --- Quantity. --- Ray Bradbury. --- Root. --- Salad. --- Saprotrophic nutrition. --- Sciaridae. --- Semiosis. --- Shrub. --- Snack. --- Sooty mangabey. --- Soy sauce. --- Sponge. --- Spore. --- Staple food. --- Symbiosis. --- Termite. --- Truffle. --- Umami. --- Umwelt. --- Vegetable. --- Yak butter. --- Yeast.

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"Galápagos is a comprehensive, up-to-date, and profusely illustrated natural history of this spectacular archipelago. Offering much more information than identification guides, the book provides detailed accounts and more than 650 color photographs of the islands' habitats, marine life, reptiles, birds, mammals, and plants, making the book a virtual nature tour of Galápagos. Galápagos experts John Kricher and Kevin Loughlin have thoroughly revised the original text, bringing all the taxonomy up to date and adding a wealth of new information. Individual chapters cover geology, ecology, human history, Darwin's finches and how Darwin came to his theory of natural selection from his visit to the islands, Galápagos tortoises, marine and land iguanas, mammals, seabirds, landbirds, marine life, and conservation challenges and initiatives. The concluding chapter covers each of the individual islands, including landing sites, unique plant and animal species, and points of interest, and serves as a wonderful guide for visitors as they move from island to island or plan a trip to Galápagos."--

Evolution (Biology) --- Natural history --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Galapagos Islands. --- Galápagos (Ecuador : Province) --- Archipiélago de Colón --- Colón, Archipiélago de --- Archipelago of Galápagos --- Enchanted Islands --- Islas Encantadas --- Islas Galápagos --- Iye ha-Galapagos --- Archipiélago de Colón (Ecuador) --- Archipiélago de Galápagos (Ecuador) --- Provincia Insular de Galápagos (Ecuador) --- Territorio de Galápagos (Ecuador) --- Provincia de Galápagos (Ecuador) --- Ecuador --- Darwin, Charles, --- Darwin, Charles, Robert --- Agnatha. --- American flamingo. --- Arid. --- Band-rumped storm petrel. --- Barn owl. --- Barnacle. --- Bird nest. --- Bird. --- Blue-footed booby. --- Bobolink. --- Brown pelican. --- Cactus. --- California condor. --- California sea lion. --- Cattle egret. --- Charles Darwin. --- Chilean flamingo. --- Common cactus finch. --- Conolophus marthae. --- Cormoran. --- Crustacean. --- Darwin's finches. --- David Lack. --- Ecology. --- Endemism. --- Female. --- Finch. --- Fire ant. --- Fishing. --- Flier (fish). --- Flightless cormorant. --- Floreana mockingbird. --- Frigatebird. --- Fur seal. --- Gannet. --- Gecko. --- Giant tortoise. --- Great blue heron. --- Great frigatebird. --- Guanay cormorant. --- Guano. --- Hawaiian Islands. --- Homing pigeon. --- Huey Long. --- Humboldt Current. --- Humboldt penguin. --- Hybrid iguana. --- Iguana. --- Insect. --- Komodo dragon. --- Lava gull. --- Lava heron. --- Mammal. --- Mangrove finch. --- Mangrove. --- Marine iguana. --- Medium ground finch. --- Medium tree finch. --- Microlophus. --- Mockingbird. --- Mosasaur. --- Nazca booby. --- On the Origin of Species. --- Opuntia. --- Ornithology. --- Oystercatcher. --- Parrotfish. --- Pinniped. --- Predation. --- Red-billed tropicbird. --- Red-footed booby. --- Sabine's gull. --- Scalesia. --- Sea cucumber. --- Sea lion. --- Sea turtle. --- Seabird. --- Sharp-beaked ground finch. --- Short-eared owl. --- Shrub. --- Small ground finch. --- Smooth-billed ani. --- Solanum cheesmaniae. --- South America. --- Sperm whale. --- Storm petrel. --- Swallow-tailed gull. --- Tern. --- Tetraodontidae. --- The Voyage of the Beagle. --- Tropicbird. --- Vampire finch. --- Vegetation. --- Vermilion flycatcher. --- Wader. --- Wandering albatross. --- Waved albatross. --- Whale. --- White-cheeked pintail. --- Woodpecker finch.