Some useful books
Gwent Fungus Group
Title Author Comments ‘Collins Gem’ Mushrooms Patrick Harding Small (and cheap) but this still has 240 species of common fungi and is aimed more at the beginner. Collins Complete British Mushrooms and Toadstools Paul Sterry and Barry Hughes This pho tographic field guide gets very good reviews and is a good first field guide. Collins Fungi Guide Stefan Buczaki et al Over 2,400 species so it covers everything you are liable to find, albeit each species is necessarily covered briefly. If you only have one field guide then this is a good choice. Grassland Fungi – a field guide Elsa Wood and Jon Dunkelman Produced by two GFG members and featuring 170 species surveyed in the Lower Wye Valley. The only field guide dedicated to fungi found in grassland. With 800 photographs. Includes most species that you are likely to find in grassland in Monmouthshire. Fascinated by Fungi Pat O’Reilly A general introduction written in an informal style as well as being a field guide to many of the species you are like ly to find. This is a good choice if you want a wider view of fungi than given by the pure field guides, has good species descriptions and is relatively recent (2011). Mushrooms and other fungi of GB and Europe Roger Phillips A large photographic guide so more for home use. A standard for many years. I don’t have a recent edition but an edition was produced in 2006. The Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe Michael Jordan Photographic guide with more than 1,000 species covered. Clear descriptio ns and useful photos but too large to carry easily as a field guide and last revised in 2004 so some names are out of date. Fungi Brian Spooner and Peter Roberts A comprehensive overview of the Fungi Kingdom from evolution to food technology. Very intere sting background information. The genus Hygrocybe David Boertmann The bible for waxcap enthusiasts – but expensive Field Guide to the Mushrooms of Britain and Europe Alison Linton Contains some nice photos but the coverage is limited to around 100 spec ies and the organisation of the book is unhelpful as regards identification The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and NW Europe Marcel Bon 1500 species included, and each entry therefore has limited space. A standard guide but dates from 1987 so many n ames have changed. Identification of the Larger Fungi Roy Watling A monochrome text book for the more advanced student published in 1973 that is a standard but has inevitably aged. Only available second - hand.
Porpolomopsis calyptriformis - Pink Waxcap Agaricus urinascens - Macro Mushroom Conocybe rickenii
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