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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Laessøe, T. & del Conte, A., 1996
The Mushroom Book
Another beautifully produced mushroom book, featuring the best printing I've yet seen in a book - you feel as though you could pick them up.
The taxonomic part is by arguably the foremost agaric mycologist in England at the time. It includes excellent photography showing fruitbodies from different angles and with important diagnostic features indicated. It includes a number of small species which are generally (and wisely!) ignored by those collecting for the table.
In an attempt to widen appeal, a few America species are included but this just serves to confuse and mislead anybody trying to use the book for identification. In similar vein, 26 pages on cooking fungi are appended.
| Publisher |
Dorling Kindersley (DK) |
| Pages |
256 |
| ISBN |
0-7513-0258-9 |
| Comments and Corrigenda |
Because the book attempts to cover fungi from such a wide geographical area, it can be misleading to use for identification.
The English names appear to have been made up specifically for this book and few are used elsehere. |
| Coverage |
Over 450 macrofungi from Britain, Europe and North America. |
| Illustrations |
Excellent colour photographs by Neil Fletcher and a few habitat paintings. |
Malcolm Storey
Taxonomic Scope
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