Fungarium
Author: Ester Gaya
Illustrator: Katie Scott
Book 8 in the Welcome to the Museum series
Pages: 80
Published: 2020
Age: 8+
Attention all mushroom lovers! Step into the world of fungi and learn all about these strange and fascinating life-forms.
Illustrator Katie Scott returns to the Welcome to the Museum series with exquisite, detailed images of some of the most fascinating living organisms on this planet—fungi. Exploring every sort of fungi, from the kinds we see on supermarket shelves to those like penicillium that have shaped human history, this collection is the definitive introduction to what fungi are and just how vital they are to the world's ecosystem.
About the Welcome to the Museum Series
Books in series order
- 1.Animalium(2014)
- 2.Historium(2015)
- 3.Story of Life: Evolution(2015)
- 4.Botanicum(2016)
- 5.Dinosaurium(2017)
- 6.Planetarium(2018)
- 7.Anatomicum(2019)
- 8.Fungarium(2020)
- 9.Oceanarium(2021)
- 10.Arboretum(2022)
- 11.Insectarium(2025)
- +Animalium Activity Book(2015)
- +Animalium Colouring Book(2016)
- +Animalium Poster Book(2015)
- +Historium Activity Book(2016)
- +Historium Poster Book(2016)
Reading age: 8+ years
Welcome to the Museum, the exhibition space that never closes!
This series of books set on the "walls" of the printed page, showcases the world's finest collections – from natural history to art, from botanical wonders to oceanic marvels. Open 365 days a year and unrestricted by the constraints of physical space, each title in this highly-rated series is organised into galleries that display more than 200 full-colour specimens accompanied by lively, informative text, and elaborate illustrations by a range of talented artists.