About the book: 1986 / The book reveals the wonderful world of mushrooms, the richness of their forms and varieties. On its pages are our old acquaintances, constant objects of 'silent hunting' in the forest - cap mushrooms, as well as lesser known ones - microscopic mushrooms. The reader will learn about the damage mushrooms cause to agriculture, causing diseases of plants and animals; get acquainted with their beneficial properties, widely used in the microbiological industry in the production of feed yeast, amino acids, vitamins, enzyme preparations, antibiotics.