The encyclopedia of fungi of Britain and Europe

Author(s)

• Jordan, Michael

Bibliographic Information

The encyclopedia of fungi of Britain and Europe

Michael Jordan

David & Charles, 1995

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A comprehensive handbook for dedicated mycologists and naturalists alike. It features 1000 species of higher fungi to be found in Britain and northern Europe. Each has been photographed in situ in natural light and is supported by detailed mycological descriptions.

Table of Contents

• The biology of fungi
• nomenclature and systematics
• foraying and conservation
• chemical tests
• photography
• Ascomycetes - cup fungi, Morels and Helvellas, truffles, others
• Homobasidiomycetes - fairy clubs, chanterelles, tooth fungi, encrusting forms and other brackets, agaricales, cortinariales, russulales, boletales, gastromycetes (puff balls etc)
• heterobasidiomycetes
• myxomycetes (limited examples).

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Details

• NCID: BA28669886
• ISBN:
  • 0715301292
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 384 p.
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 589.2094
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Fungi -- Europe -- Identification -- Encyclopedias
  • LCSH : Fungi -- Great Britain -- Identification -- Encyclopedias