Various Fungi for ID

[Kayleigh]

Hi Ron
Can you find a fungi course in your area, you might be better off going out with a group and learning hands on from an expert.
But looking at that red one I doubt anyone would eat it even looks poisonous..

Nice set of shots..

[shirl]

Super shots Ron

Shirl

[mykonik]

Originally Posted by Stewy

You are right to be wary Ron as you don't wan't to be scoffing a Deathcap for instance!!!

To be honest I'm not too sure on the best pocket field guide, I've got a little Collins Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe book that I keep in my rucksack but I'm sure someone else far more experienced than me will have better advice!

The best Pocket Field Guide (in my opinion) is the Collins Field Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe by R. Courtecuisse and B. Duhem (note that is the best pocket book - there are fbetter but vastly more expensive guides !)

The images (no photographs) are (in the main) very life like (there are a few duff ones, as in any book of this nature) and the whole thing is hugely better than some of the particularly awful and inaccurate photographic field guides that are available at the present time !

Also, the authors are very eminent field mycologists, who really know what they are talking about !

Having said all that I think that it may now be out of print but I gather is going to be reprinted in the not too distant future. Or may be available second hand.

Nick

PS. No, I don't have shares in Collins !!!

[ron1863]

Originally Posted by mykonik

The best Pocket Field Guide (in my opinion) is the Collins Field Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe by R. Courtecuisse and B. Duhem (note that is the best pocket book - there are fbetter but vastly more expensive guides !)

The images (no photographs) are (in the main) very life like (there are a few duff ones, as in any book of this nature) and the whole thing is hugely better than some of the particularly awful and inaccurate photographic field guides that are available at the present time !

Also, the authors are very eminent field mycologists, who really know what they are talking about !

Having said all that I think that it may now be out of print but I gather is going to be reprinted in the not too distant future. Or may be available second hand.

Nick

PS. No, I don't have shares in Collins !!!

Thanks for that Nick. I will keep an eye open for it. It's a pocket book I'm looking for to take when I go looking for fungi.

[ron1863]

Originally Posted by Kayleigh

Hi Ron
Can you find a fungi course in your area, you might be better off going out with a group and learning hands on from an expert.
But looking at that red one I doubt anyone would eat it even looks poisonous..

Nice set of shots..

Thanks Kayleigh but there's nothing in my area about fungi, plenty of fungi though

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by ron1863

Thanks Kayleigh but there's nothing in my area about fungi, plenty of fungi though

You will need more than books if your going to eat them..

[morchella7]

No 6 - Tricholomopsis rutilans - Plums and Custard

[NickCantle]

Definitely not that I'm afraid Morchella! For a start, the gills aren't the correct colour. The other feature that sets this apart from Tricholomposis rutilans is the lack of fibres atop the cap. I'm unsure what it is though.