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100 1  Monosson, Emily,|eauthor. 
245 10 Blight :|bfungi and the coming pandemic /|cEmily Monosson.
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bW.W. Norton & Company,|c[2023] 
300    xvii, 253 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-238) and 
       index. 
520    "A prescient warning about the mysterious and deadly world
       of fungi-and how to avert further loss across species, 
       including our own. Fungi are everywhere. Most are 
       harmless; some are helpful. A few are killers. 
       Collectively, infectious fungi are the most devastating 
       agents of disease on earth, and a fungus that can persist 
       in the environment without its host is here to stay. In 
       Blight, Emily Monosson documents how trade, travel, and a 
       changing climate are making us all more vulnerable to 
       invasion. Populations of bats, frogs, and salamanders face
       extinction. In the Northwest, America's beloved national 
       parks are covered with the spindly corpses of whitebark 
       pines. Food crops are under siege, threatening our coffee,
       bananas, and wheat-and, more broadly, our global food 
       security. Candida auris, drug-resistant and resilient, 
       infects hospital patients and those with weakened immune 
       systems. Coccidioides, which lives in drier dusty regions,
       may cause infection in apparently healthy people. The 
       horrors go on. Yet prevention is not impossible. Tracing 
       the history of fungal spread and the most recent 
       discoveries in the field, Monosson meets scientists who 
       are working tirelessly to protect species under threat, 
       and whose innovative approaches to fungal invasion have 
       the potential to save human lives. Delving into case 
       studies at once fascinating, sobering, and hopeful, Blight
       serves as a wake-up call, a reminder of the delicate 
       interconnectedness of the natural world, and a lesson in 
       seeing life on our planet with renewed humility and awe"--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Pathogenic fungi|vPopular works. 
650  0 Medical mycology|vPopular works. 
650  0 Mycoses|vPopular works.