Registered: July 2006 Location: Suffolk Posts: 548
Review Date: Mon 31, July, 2006
Would you recommend it? Yes |
Total Spent: £4.99| Rating: 10
Strengths:
Excellent
Weaknesses:
200 mistskes
By far the best photograhic guide out. I use two one for the field & one for home The photograhs ar eaccurate but there are many mistakes, DSome very common fungiare not shown at all but it does not detract from the book as I have many others. It does few Myxomycetes & Disco's but I would not be without it. It would be my desrt Island choice.
cybershot Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: October 2006 Location: Yateley, Hampshire Posts: 1947
Review Date: Wed 3, January, 2007
Would you recommend it? Yes |
Total Spent: £11.30| Rating: 8
Strengths:
comprehensive
Weaknesses:
index
The 2006 edition contains 200 photos of species that were not included in the first volume. Many changes in the Latin names (with the older, better known names as synonyms) and inclusion of the English names for all the major fungi in the British Isles. Some European species that travelers abroad might encounter though not yet recorded here.
Registered: December 2006 Location: South west Essex Posts: 60
Review Date: Thu 22, November, 2007
Would you recommend it? Yes |
Total Spent: £18.99| Rating: 8
Strengths:
(2006 version)Up to date Latin names.
Weaknesses:
(2006version) Are there any?
I agree with Cybershot. The 2006 update is much better. It is my "Bible", and although it's only 10 months old, it's well thumbed already If you're serious about fungi, save the pennies and buy a copy
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ron1863 Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: January 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 3099
Review Date: Wed 17, September, 2008
Would you recommend it? Yes |
Total Spent: £8.99| Rating: 9
Strengths:
Very comprehensive
Weaknesses:
None really
I bought the 2006 paperback edition titled "Mushrooms". (see Cybershots review)
Excellent clear text and photographs, and although I would have preferred to see fungi shots in the field, that is just my preference and takes nothing away from the book, which is a must for anyone interested in fungi.
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I agree with Cybershot. The 2006 update is much better. It is my "Bible", and although it's only 10 months old, it's well thumbed already
If you're serious about fungi, save the pennies and buy a copy