Philips Guide To Mushrooms And Toadstools Of Britain And Northern Europe

Author : Geoffrey Kibby
Publisher : Philip's
ISBN 13 : 9781849073318
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Northern Europe written by Geoffrey Kibby and published by Philip's. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip's Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Northern Europe is an easy-to-use identification guide to more than 400 of the larger fungi found in Britain and Northern Europe. This practical field guide contains accurate, full-colour illustrations of each of the featured species, with important distinguishing characteristics labelled. A cross-section of each specimen is also provided, together with a drawing of a spore. A detailed illustrated key allows the user to identify a specimen and points to the appropriate place in the book for further information. The text gives detailed yet accessible information for each species. Details include: habitat, season, frequency, cap size, shape and colour, gill colour and structure; stem shape and colour; spore colour and size. The author highlights the most distinctive features of each species, so that even a brief glance at the text can provide key information quickly in the field. Clear symbols indicate whether a species is edible or poisonous. The introduction to the book acquaints the reader with the world of mushrooms and toadstools from botanical, taxonomic and economic points of view, and contains sections on collection and identification, as well as on poisonous species and the use of mushrooms in cooking. Philip's Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Northern Europe is suitable for the naturalist, the collector and the student alike.

Author : Geoffrey Kibby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philip's Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Northern Europe written by Geoffrey Kibby and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Philip's Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Northern Europe is an easy-to-use rapid identification guide to more than 400 of the larger fungi of Britain and Northern Europe. The region covered extends from Britain and Ireland to western Russia, and from Scandinavia to the Alps and the beginning of the Mediterranean zone.The book is a practical field guide, containing accurate, full-colour illustrations of each of the featured species, with important distinguishing characteristics labelled. A cross-section of each specimen is also provided, together with a drawing of a spore. A detailed illustrated key allows the user to identify a specimen and points to the appropriate place in the book for further information.The text gives detailed yet accessible information for each species. Details include: habitat, season, frequency, cap size, shape and colour, gill colour and structure; stem shape and colour; spore colour and size. The author highlights the most distinctive features of each species, so that even a brief glance at the text can provide key information quickly in the field. Clear symbols indicate whether a species is edible or poisonous.The introduction to the book acquaints the reader with the world of mushrooms and toadstools from botanical, taxonomic and economic points of view, and contains sections on collection and identification, as well as on poisonous species and the use of mushrooms in cooking.The Philip's Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools is suitable to the naturalist, the collector and the student alike.Main map scale:

Author : Geoffrey Kibby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781850282211
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Illustrated Guide to Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Britain and Northern Europe written by Geoffrey Kibby and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to over 400 species of mushroom, from the edible to the most poisonous. This book provides details of every species and includes scientific name, colouring, characteristics, edibility, range and habitat. There is a classification of mushroom groups and a pictorial guide for guidance.

Author : Roger Phillips
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1447264029
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mushrooms written by Roger Phillips and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Roger Phillips has written the best mushroom book I know.' - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, author of River Cottage Veg Every Day! The culmination of over thirty years' work, Roger Phillips's authoritative and superbly illustrated reference work is packed with information and original photographs. The essential illustrated mycological encyclopedia, this book is also clear, user friendly and will appeal to a wide range of readers. Unsurpassed in both illustrative and descriptive detail, Mushrooms contains over 1,250 photographs, often showing the specimens in various stages of growth, and includes all the latest botanical and common names as well as current ecological information on endangered species. Having sold more than 750,000 copies in Europe of his previous title on mushrooms, Roger Phillips's Mushrooms once again sets the benchmark. Quite simply, nobody with an interest in the subject can afford to be without this book.

Author : Paul Sterry
Publisher : Bounty Books
ISBN 13 : 9781851528103
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fungi of Britain and Northern Europe written by Paul Sterry and published by Bounty Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical introduction and guide to fungi features over 250 mushrooms and toadstools found in Britain and Europe. Illustrated with photographs and charts, it includes all the commonly seen species and is broken down into families to enable faster identification.

Author : Geoffrey Kibby
Publisher : Philip's
ISBN 13 : 9780540092833
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philip's Mini Guide to Mushrooms written by Geoffrey Kibby and published by Philip's. This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new, small-format field guide to 250 of the most commonly found mushrooms in Britain and northern Europe.

Author : Josephine Bacon
Publisher : Naturalist's Guide
ISBN 13 : 9781912081165
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Naturalist's Guide to the Mushrooms of Britain and Northern Europe (2n written by Josephine Bacon and published by Naturalist's Guide. This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy-to-use identification guide to 280 mushroom and toadstool species most commonly seen in Britain and northern Europe is perfect for amateur naturalists.

Author : Jens H. Petersen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691245363
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edible Fungi of Britain and Northern Europe written by Jens H. Petersen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly illustrated guide to edible mushrooms by one of Europe’s leading fungi experts In this beautifully illustrated introductory guide, Jens Petersen shows how to successfully identify and forage for edible mushrooms, and then how to prepare them for the table to ensure a delicious culinary experience, even if you're a first-time forager. Accessible and user-friendly, the book opens with a substantial introduction to fungi—what to look for, where to find them and how to collect and cook them. Other topics include edible and poisonous fungi, conserving mushrooms and other uses of fungi. The book then covers the most common major groups, including morels, wood cauliflower, polypores, boletes, tooth fungi, chanterelles, horn of plenty, brittlegills, milkcaps, agarics, puffballs and jelly fungi. For many of these groups, notable subkinds are given their own treatment. With practice, the book will enable you to identify mushrooms such as yellow chanterelles, blueing boletes with orange tube mouths, green brittlegills and milkcaps with orange milk. Featuring more than 400 stunning colour photographs and more than forty black-and-white illustrations, this book will enhance the experience of every mushroom forager and wild-table chef.

Author : Josephine Bacon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781906780609
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Identification Guide to Mushrooms of Britain and Northern Europe written by Josephine Bacon and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy-to-use identification guide to 150 species of mushrooms most commonly found in Britain and Northern Europe.

Author : Gordon Dickson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe written by Gordon Dickson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: