Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain/Europe [Paperback]

Michael Jordan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2, 2004

This is the most comprehensive photographic handbook for the dedicated mycologist, general naturalist or mushroom hunter collecting for the cooking pot. It features 1,000 species of higher fungi found in the British Isles and northern Europe, from the most common to the rarest - including some never hitherto published photographically. The colour photographs have been taken live and in situ in natural light, making it the realistic photographic field guide available. Each species is seen as it will be found in the wild, in its typical habitat and on its natural substrate. Detailed mycological descriptions, including essential microscopic characteristics, are given to ensure accurate verification. Each entry further defines a fungus's usual occurrence by season and location, states whether it is edible or poisonous and where relevant indicates its culinary uses. The encyclopedia includes an introduction to mushroom biology and a guide to the tools and methods of foraging for mushrooms, making it an overall reference source or a self-contained and comprehensive guide to the practical study and collection of fungi.

Editorial Reviews

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... well designed and very easy to use ... it's also one of those absorbing reference books which, having found what you were looking for, you keep reading Organic Gardening The clear photographs in this manual should help us to sort out our yummy mushrooms from our poisonous toadstools Daily Telegraph

About the Author

Michael Jordan is a qualified botanist who has been studying and collecting fungi throughout Britain and Europe for more than 25 years. An established writer and broadcaster on mycology, his series Mushroom Magic, for Channel 4, brought this fascinating subject to a wide audience and put the accompanying book into the bestsellers list.

Product Details

• Paperback: 334 pages
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln; Revised edition (September 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0711223793
• ISBN-13: 978-0711223790
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,475,789 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Lavishly illustrated guide to 1000 European species, September 8, 2006

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Christopher J. Sharpe "Chris Sharpe" (Caracas, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain/Europe (Paperback)

This guide is on a par with the older Roger Phillips "Mushrooms" and very similar in size and format. Unlike Phillips, all photographs have been shot in situ. With so few guides to fungi available, and each covering a particular selection of species, it's best to assemble a good library - and this should be one of the major works. Even though the focus is Europe, many of the fungi have much wider ranges and this book is invaluable elsewhere in the world too (I use it regularly in temperate and tropical America).