Book Review on Fungi

Facts on Fungi
The Diversity of Life, By: Robert Snedden discusses how fossil evidence shows that fungi first appeared about 600 million years ago and about 100 million years ago the three great groups of fungi were established: the zygoycetes (molds), sac fungi (such as truffles), and the club fungi (mushrooms and toadstools).

Did you know fungi are eukaryotes, one of the two basic types of living cell?

This means all plants, have cell walls. The fungal cell contains cellulose just like the plant cells but they also contain a carbohydrate called Chitin which plant cells do not have. This is the outer material found in the hard outer skeletons of insects and spiders.

In my opinion this book is able to discuss Microbiology in an easy to read format. There are illustrations on every page, which attract reader’s attention and include captions for easy understanding. I would recommend this book to students needing information for classes, projects and general science classes. The bolded words indicate that they can be defined in the glossary, which is very helpful. Included is a easy to use glossary and index.

The Diversity of Life was a good learning source and I am glad I could find a key point like Fungi to represent part of the Microbiology explained throughout the book. As a reader I found the text and general level of the book easy to understand the subject. Any teenager or adult could read this book and benefit from learning with no problem. I am glad I had the chance to read this book.

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