New naturalist is one i dont know, thanks for the heads up, at 600 pages that
sounds like a weekender!
If there was only two books to pick for knowledge and information, I would
say they would have to be "the ecology of Mycorrhizae" F Allen and "fungal
strategies of wood decay in trees" Schwarze.
Olaf Schmidts wood and tree fungi is another book that I continue to gain
from, so much valuable info in that one that sometimes takes a few reads to
really gain from in evaluation of scenarios.
For identifications, its never going to be a one book deal, one of the big
encyclopaedias has at least 3 mis identified photos, which causes a lot of
false leads early on in ones funting experience! Roger Phillips "mushrooms"
is invaluable, as is Keizers complete encyclopaedia of mushrooms, that's the
title that Ted hates! lol because theres no such thing as a complete encyc!
Back all these up with several titles, like Heinz Butin tree diseases and
disorders, Mattheck manual of wood decays, diagnosis of ill health in trees
Strouts and Winter, Lets leave it there for now!
Be warned, this is a highly addictive subject, including a very expensive
book lust and an increasing desire to set up a lab in the garden shed!
tony
From: nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk
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Subject: RE: Fungi Book
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:12:42 +0000
I agree Jerry, I love the Spooner/Roberts New Naturalist book. Highly
recommended as a book to dip into when you need further information, I
wouldnt recommend reading it from cover to cover though, at nearly 600
pages it would certainly be a challenge! Nick
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> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:05:44 +0100
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Subject: Re: Fungi Book
For a general (i.e. non-wood-decay-oriented) thorough & wide-ranging but
not over technical (i.e. at least not so technical as Schwarze's books)
the New Naturalist book Fungi (Brian Spooner & Peter Roberts) is
good.
http://www.newnaturalists.com/Titles/46763/fungi-brian-spooner-peter-roberts-9780007308712
And 'Fascinated by Fungi' by Pat O'Reilly is worth a look
(http://www.first-nature.com/books/patoreilly3.php) Again, it's very
much about fungi in general - it's quite chatty, but while it's not
mycology textbook, it's aimed at the keen amateur rather than the casual
mushroom-gather and there's a lot of useful information tucked away in
it. And lots of photos, with some useful tips for identification
(although it stresses that it's not primarily an ID book). Jordan's
Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe is though.
On 13/04/2012 12:18, Paul Smith wrote:
Hi Paul, 'et al', hope you're well, 'et al'.
Mattheck's Manual of Wood Decay in Trees did heaps to improve my
understanding of the different types of rot and their effects of the
different parts of the wood structure.
Hence this would by top of my list.
Regards..
Paul
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I really feel I need to understand fungi a lot better. I have a number
of books, including Schwarze, but what fungi book would you recommend?
Cheers...
Paul Hawksford
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