Picture book Kenji Suetsugu : The Plants Who Have Given Up "Plant"

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Picture Book
[Introduction to Contents]
When you think of plants, you think of green leaves.
That's because they have a green pigment.
Because of this pigment, many plants are able to photosynthesize and produce nutrients from sunlight.
However, there are plants that don't have this pigment and live by "eating" fungi such as mushrooms.
The plants that have stopped photosynthesizing are unique in color and shape.
I will introduce you to their unique life.
[Author's brief history]
Kenji Suetsugu Born in Nara in 1987. Graduated from Kyoto University in 2010. Graduated from Kyoto University in Agricultural Sciences.
Since 2022, he has been a professor at kobe university Graduate School of Science.
He has also served as an Outstanding Professor at the Higher Academic Research Institute.
He specializes in studying the natural history of plants, fungi, and insects utilizing Japanese biodiversity.
He mainly studied the ecology of "bacteria-heterotrophic plants" that have stopped photosynthesizing. He discovered many new species such as "Kirishima Ginjuso" and "Couve Tanuki ノショク Dai" that is called the fairy lamp.
He also developed research on a wide range of animals, plants, and mushrooms in addition to bacteria-heterotrophic plants.
For example, research suggesting that stick insects can disperse their offspring when eaten by birds was welcomed with surprise.