Book Description
This easy-to-use identification guide to 280 mushroom and toadstool species most commonly seen in Britain and northern Europe is perfect for amateur naturalists.
Author : Josephine Bacon
Publisher : Naturalist's Guide
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 27,53 MB
Release : 2019-03-14
Category : Mushrooms
ISBN : 9781912081165
This easy-to-use identification guide to 280 mushroom and toadstool species most commonly seen in Britain and northern Europe is perfect for amateur naturalists.
Author : JOSEPHINE. BACON
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 33,49 MB
Release : 2020
Category :
ISBN : 9781912081370
Author : Geoffrey Kibby
Publisher : Philip's
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 39,96 MB
Release : 2015-08-03
Category :
ISBN : 9781849073318
Philip's Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Northern Europe is an easy-to-use identification guide to more than 400 of the larger fungi found in Britain and Northern Europe. This practical field guide contains accurate, full-colour illustrations of each of the featured species, with important distinguishing characteristics labelled. A cross-section of each specimen is also provided, together with a drawing of a spore. A detailed illustrated key allows the user to identify a specimen and points to the appropriate place in the book for further information. The text gives detailed yet accessible information for each species. Details include: habitat, season, frequency, cap size, shape and colour, gill colour and structure; stem shape and colour; spore colour and size. The author highlights the most distinctive features of each species, so that even a brief glance at the text can provide key information quickly in the field. Clear symbols indicate whether a species is edible or poisonous. The introduction to the book acquaints the reader with the world of mushrooms and toadstools from botanical, taxonomic and economic points of view, and contains sections on collection and identification, as well as on poisonous species and the use of mushrooms in cooking. Philip's Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Northern Europe is suitable for the naturalist, the collector and the student alike.
Author : Josephine Bacon
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,87 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Fungi
ISBN : 9781906780166
An easy to use identification guide to 280 species of mushroom and toadstool most commonly found in Britain, Ireland, and other parts of northern Europe.The user friendly introduction includes an overview of distribution, habitats, mushroom structure, and nomenclature. There is useful advice on mushroom hunting, where to find mushrooms that are good to eat and their nutritional value, and how to identify and avoid poisonous species.
Author : Josephine Bacon
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,51 MB
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Edible mushrooms
ISBN : 9781906780609
An easy-to-use identification guide to 150 species of mushrooms most commonly found in Britain and Northern Europe.
Author : Geoffrey Kibby
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 29,33 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Fungi
ISBN : 9781850282211
A guide to over 400 species of mushroom, from the edible to the most poisonous. This book provides details of every species and includes scientific name, colouring, characteristics, edibility, range and habitat. There is a classification of mushroom groups and a pictorial guide for guidance.
Author : Paul Sterry
Publisher : Bounty Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 17,39 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Fungi
ISBN : 9781851528103
This practical introduction and guide to fungi features over 250 mushrooms and toadstools found in Britain and Europe. Illustrated with photographs and charts, it includes all the commonly seen species and is broken down into families to enable faster identification.
Author : Helmut Grünert
Publisher : Crowood Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 27,27 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781852235925
This new field guide to mushrooms includes the main species from all groups. It concentrates on the more sought-after edible species but also includes many inedible and poisonous ones. Each species is represented with one or more large colour photographs which face a detailed description of the species. This gives information on form, colour, spore colour, habitat, distribution and' edibility, enabling the naturalist or mushroom collector to identify each species that he or she finds.
Author : Alison Linton
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,1 MB
Release : 2016-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781921517730
Author : Régis Courtecuisse
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,3 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Mushrooms
ISBN : 9780002200127
The only photographic field guide you can use in the wild Identifying mushrooms correctly is vital -- eat the wrong species and you could be dead. Mushrooms vary dramatically in shape and colour depending on their age, making them even harder to identify. By combining the most comprehensive collection of photographs with clear, easy to understand text (with the most important features highlighted in italic), this new guide to mushrooms gives you everything you need to positively identify what you are about to eat. The book covers every common species of mushrooms, over 1,000 species, and is the most comprehensive photographic guide on mushrooms ever published. If you want to find chanterelles, or ceps, this book is a must.