Explores the ways in which butterflies delight and inspire us all, naturalists and non-naturalists alike. This title deals with the controversy over collecting, the women who studied them and the curious details that lead to butterflies being feared as well as loved.

Mushrooms, the first of a major new series of books on British natural history, provides a remarkable insight into the natural and human world of fungi. Peter Marren, in his inimitable, relaxed style, guides the reader through the extraordinary riches of this often overlooked group, from the amazing diversity of forms and lifestyles that populate the fungal landscape, to the pursuit of edible fungi for the pot, and the complexities of identification thrown up by our modern understanding of DNA. Throughout the book, the author tells a story rich in detail about how we have come to...