An Illustrated Guide to Fungi on Wood in New Zealand [Hardcover]

I.A. Hood (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 424 pages
• Publisher: Auckland University Press (June 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1869400631
• ISBN-13: 978-1869400637
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Another great field guide!!, October 16, 2000

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Aiman Samy (Havelock North New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: An Illustrated Guide to Fungi on Wood in New Zealand (Hardcover)

There are not many New Zealand field guides to mushrooms,this book holds the biggest collection of New Zealand mushrooms in one book. My main complaint about it is the lack of good colour photos, there are a few but not many and their quality is not that great. However, all the mushrooms featured in this book are illustrated and the best thing about it is that there are also illustrations of cross sections, spores and more microscopic features for the more experienced or serious mushroom hunter. The descriptions are great, to a large extent they make up for the lack of photos, I have identified mushrooms using this book that to this day I have not seen in any other field guide!! No mushroom field guide is perfect, this one is not but when used in combination with other guides it becomes a vital memebr of the group.Also great for getting additional information on mushrooms identified using other guides.