Poisonous Plants and Fatal Fungi Audiobook By Sandra Kynes cover art

Poisonous Plants and Fatal Fungi

The Lore and Lure of Deadly Botanicals

 Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection of titles.
Yours as long as you’re a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for $8.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Poisonous Plants and Fatal Fungi

By: Sandra Kynes
Narrated by: Tanya Eby
Try Standard free

$8.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $19.16

Buy for $19.16

Explore humanity's fascination with death through sixty poisonous plants and how they have affected history, magic, warfare, art, and more.

Dispatching people with poisonous plants isn't just an Agatha Christie plot—it began thousands of years ago and continues to this day. Deadly Fascination presents sixty profiles divided into five themes, from classic killers to frightful fungi. Each profile includes the plant's history, folklore, and medicinal uses, as well as how it may or may not be used today.

Though we fear death, we are also drawn to its mysteries. Sandra Kynes feeds our curiosity and dispels common myths, investigating witches and indigenous healers, poisons in popular media, the murky roots of toxicology, and much more. From aconite to poppy to death cap, poisonous plants can attract you like a moth to a flame . . . but don't get too close.

©2025 Sandra Kynes (P)2025 Tantor Media Biological Sciences Botany & Plants Gardening & Horticulture Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts Outdoors & Nature Science Magic Witchcraft Magic Users

Listeners also enjoyed...
Most Delicious Poison Audiobook By Noah Whiteman cover art
Most Delicious Poison By: Noah Whiteman

People who viewed this also viewed...

The Atlas of Deadly Plants Audiobook By Jane Perrone cover art
The Atlas of Deadly Plants By: Jane Perrone
No reviews yet