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Mushrooms And Toadstools A Field Guide
Natural History
This practical field gulde gives accurate full-colour illustrations of more than 400 of the larger fungi of Britain and Europe, some of which, not all of them rare, are shown for the first time in colour. Geoffrey Kibby and Sean Milne collaborated closely in the preparation of the paintings which show each species in its typical habitat and draw out its characteristic features. The detailed descriptions on the facing pages are designed for easy reference with the distinctive characteristics highlighted by bold type followed by a full account of habitat, season and frequency of occurrence, and details of the fruit-body, and spores, as well as simple chemical tests and a note on edibility
The introduction to the book acquaints the reader with the world of fungi from botanical, taxonomic, and economic points of view, and contains sections on collecting and identification as well as on poisonous species and the use of fungi as food. There is also a uniquely illustrated key to lead the user to th
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