Book advice etc

billta202el · #1 (**permalink**) 16-09-2010, 05:21 PM

Hi again,

Thanks all for the help given in my first post abut the fungi in my garden. I quite often go for country walks with the wife and kids and we often see lots of fungi around and I would like to be able to identify them with a reasonable chance of getting them right.

I have a small book I got from our local bookshop today, the Collins Gem Mushrooms, but I have read on these forums that you shold take more than one book with you to help and cross reference.

What do you recommend?

Cheers
Bill

FungiJohn · #2 (**permalink**) 16-09-2010, 05:26 PM

Hi Bill

See the Fungi reference section:

Fungi | Wild About Britain

This should help you

John

billta202el · #3 (**permalink**) 16-09-2010, 06:37 PM

Lol, thanks John, sorry for being a newb.

SheffieldLass · #4 (**permalink**) 16-09-2010, 11:17 PM

Though too big for out in the field, in your pocket at any rate, either Roger Phillips 'Mushrooms and other Fungi of GB and Europe', or Michael Jordan 'Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe' are good general ones. I do know people who take them out into the field with them though

Though Phillips was the first one I had, I do tend to use Jordan's more these days for some reason. I think possibly to do with the layout, and I do find the titles at the header are useful, helps you get your head around the genera/families/orders, even though quite a few are now out of date as they will keep moving them around as more genetic work is carried out

Melanie