The DevilS Garden: The WorldS Most Sinister Plants And Fungi

The DevilS Garden: The WorldS Most Sinister Plants And Fungi

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Peter Marren Is A Master Storyteller And Gifted With An Inimitable Gallows Humour. He Was Destined To Write The DevilS Garden. Richard Mabeya Lively Exploration Of The Poisoners, Tricksters, Stingers, Stinkers And Invaders Of The Plant World And How Their Lives Intertwine With Ours.Some Plants And Fungi Those We Cultivate In Farms, Gardens And Allotments Are Pretty, Useful Or Edible. Others Are More Troublesome: Poisonous, Or With Painful Stings, Sinister Looks Or Foul Smells. In The Medieval Mind, These Would Be The Flowers Of The Devil, Planted On Earth To Torment Humankind.The Infamous Death Cap Mushroom, InnocentLooking But Lethal. The Monstrous Corpse Flower, With A Stench To Match Its Name. The Mandrake, Said To Scream If Uprooted. In This Deeply Insightful And Unflinching Read, Naturalist And Conservationist Peter Marren Explores The WorldS Worst Plants And Fungi And The Ways They Maim, Murder And Make Mischief To Get By.These Species Have Rich Histories, Steeped In Folklore And Superstition, But There Are Also Biological Reasons Behind Why They Are The Way They Are. Step Into The DevilS Garden And Discover Their Stories, Amusing As They Are Unexpected And Gripping As They Are Horrifying.

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