Saturday, 11 February 2012

Guide Books for a Fungi Foray

Fungi of Britain and Europe – Stefan Buczacki
320 pages covering 1,350 species illustrated in this pocket size book

Collins: How to identify edible mushrooms by Patrick Harding, Tony Lyon and Gill Tomblin
This book describes all the edible species of mushrooms and the species they may be confused with.

Collins Nature Guides – Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe – Edmund Garnweidner
Pocket size with 415 colour photographs.  Containing facts on colour, shape, smell and time of year the fungi is seen.

DK Pocket Nature – Fungi – Shelley Evans & Geoffrey Kibby
440 species are illustrated in this pocket size book

Field Guide to Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Britain and Europe by Michael Eppingered
Pocket size covering over 200 European fungi species. It contains 320 colour photos that show each species with its characteristic features in its natural habitat.