by Maya Jewell Zeller, 2025. Hardcover, 224 pages.
Learn about mushrooms’ history and lore. Appreciate their myriad colors, shapes, and forms, as well as their vital role as nature’s decomposers. Discover astonishing facts, such as how some bioluminescent species glow like fallen stars and where the extraordinary Humongous Fungus spans 2,385 acres. Perhaps most importantly, find out how fungi might prove to be humanity’s unexpected saviors, offering solutions for everything from environmental pollution to sustainable architecture. Maya Jewell Zeller’s lyrical prose pairs with Jenny deFouw Geuder’s bright watercolors, creating an unparalleled ode to these foraging favorites.
About the Author
Maya Jewell Zeller is a multi-genre author of several poetry collections and collaborations. Maya’s prose appears widely, and her essay, “Scavenger Panorama,” was honored by Vivian Gornick as a Notable in Best American Essays 2023. Maya is Professor of English for Central Washington University, and Affiliate Faculty of Poetry and Nature Writing for Western Colorado University’s low-residency MFA program. Maya lives in the Inland Northwest with her children.
