Mushrooms: The Photographic Guide to Identify Common & Important Mushrooms (Photographic Guide to Identity) [Paperback]

Roger Phillips (Author), Jaqui Hurst (Designer)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0241117569 | ISBN-13: 978-0241117569 | Publication Date: December 1986 | Edition: 1st Ed.

This comprehensive guide is designed for easy identification of all mushrooms, both common and important, in Britain and Europe. Describing the characteristic features of the mushroom in detail, it works on the basis that the reader has no formal botanical qualifications. Colour photographs show specimens both close up and at different stages of growth, enabling the reader to identify different species with ease. Other titles in the same series by Roger Phillips include "Garden and Field Weeds", "Native and Common Trees" and "Seashells and Seaweeds". He has won the Andrew Simon Prize for "Wild Food".

Product Details

• Paperback: 159 pages
• Publisher: Lubrecht & Cramer, Limited; 1st Ed. edition (December 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0241117569
• ISBN-13: 978-0241117569
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,962,876 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I received the Phillip's guide to "Common and Important Mushrooms" , and I like the way the book is laid out. It has a lot of great photographs that show the 'shrooms in their various stages of development, including the stipes and veils (if applicable)which is very helpful in identifying them. The only beef I had was: this book is set up primarily for mushroom hunters in Britain, not the US... The book itself is great, but be cognizant of the fact that it doesn't speak to readers in the US.