This beautiful book highlights an often overlooked, but remarkable, aspect of our natural world: Australia's fungi. Many are brightly coloured, some fluorescent, some are elegant, others squat, some fragrant, more still are highly toxic. This field guide showcases many of these species in all their splendour. Gail A. Van Norman is Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Ethics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Susan K. Palmer is Staff Anesthesiologist and Patient Safety Committee Chair, Oregon Anesthesiology Group (OAG), and Patient Safety Organization (PSO) Co-Chair, Anesthesia Business Group (ABG), Eugene, OR, USA.

Steve Jackson is Chief of Staff (retired), Department of Anesthesiology, and Chair of the Bioethics Committee, Good Samaritan Hospital San Jose, CA, USA.

Stanley H. Rosenbaum is Professor of Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine and Surgery, Director, Section of Perioperative and Adult Anesthesia, and Vice Chairman for Academic Affairs, Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.