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by Roger Phillips (Author)
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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan (18 Aug 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330442376
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330442374
  • Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 18.8 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Buy Yet, 16 Oct 2007
By B. Hafford (Bath, UK) - See all my reviews
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For someone who appreciates flora and fauna AND good books - This is a fantastic buy. As a relative beginner to the world of fungi, this book ticks all the boxes for a reference book (so probably a bit big for the field). There are loads of information (basic and advanced) on each fungus and of particular interest to me: The common name of most of the fungi is included. Our fungi have been named with elaborate and humorous names which I find easier to remember than the Latin name. I mainly have a culinary interest in mushrooms and this has great notes on edibility and the fact that you need to know which ones CAN'T be eaten, so congratulations on a truly great piece of work.
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84 of 91 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Now the best guide available to British fungi, 8 Sep 2006
By Christopher J. Sharpe "Chris Sharpe" (Caracas, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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I bought Phillips' pioneering "Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe" when it came out in the early 1980s for identifying British fungi. At the time it was revolutionary in the use of photographs that allowed the author to depict mushrooms much more accurately than the paintings of earlier guides. Until recently, it was still one of the top field guides to this region (also check Courtecuisse & Duhem, and Jordan [ISBN 0002200252]). I still use this volume a lot for identifying American fungi, both in the tropics and northward. Although I have over 200 field guides of different sorts on my shelves this remains one of my all time favourites.

This current book, Mushrooms (ISBN 0330442376), supersedes the older Phillips guide. It follows the format of the original book quite closely, but is now slightly smaller to make it more of a field guide - about the same size as Skinner's "Moths of the British Isles" (ISBN 0670803545) and, although still won't fit into a pocket, it is much more manageable than the older A4-sized book. There are 1,250 photographs, all of the excellent quality one associates with the author. Some 200 extra species are treated. Taxonomy and text has been brought up to date and into line with the standard taxonomy and nomenclature of lists published by the British Mycological Society.

If you're interested in fungi, don't hesitate - this book must be on your shelves. When you consider how much work went into this project, this represents tremendous value for money.

Chris Sharpe, 8 September 2006. ISBN: 0330442376
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22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Photographs, 13 Aug 2007
By J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews
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Roger Phillips is the author of a number of books including ones on Wild Food, Wild Flowers, Trees and Grasses among others. The photographs in this book are of excellent quality and this really is essential, particularly for those who are using the book to identify the edible forms of the mushroom of which there are many more than most people think.

The book differentiates quite clearly between those fungi that are edible and those that are not. It also gives the medicinal properties of many of them. I enjoy spotting different ones when I am out walking but I prefer to err on the side of caution and buy mine from the supermarket. However I do know that in France they are much more adventurous regarding their eating of fungi and good luck to them.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great production
I found this book to be an excellent addition to my collection of works on fungi and very good value for money. Read more
Published 2 months ago by J. D. George

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best
Quite simply - this is the best book of its kind - superb descriptions and pictures - the only book required to correctly identify mushrooms in the UK
Published 5 months ago by M. Richardson

3.0 out of 5 stars Updated and bigger
This book is ok for fungus forayers but I would have preferred to see drawings of the spores. a vast majority of the fungi in this book needs microscopic examination of spores to... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr. Colin A. Jacobs

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive reference book
Until I bought this book I was afraid to cook wild mushrooms in case I poisoned people. The photographs and clear descriptions of the characteristics of different fungi in this... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Bluebell

5.0 out of 5 stars If you only buy one field ID book, get this one.
Like many people, the original edition of this book was my first field ID book on fungi. Being so familiar with it's structure, it is really easy for me to locate something I've... Read more
Published 8 months ago by G. Henry-Stogdon

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant reference book
Excellent book, clear descriptions and photographs of thousands of fungi. A must for anyone serious about fungi.
Published 9 months ago by R. Shephard

5.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not a field guide
As the other reviewers have said this is a very good book. It has very good photos and descriptions for virtually everything you'll come across in the UK. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. J. Horsfall

5.0 out of 5 stars Magic
Roger Phillips has produced an invaluable guide to the mushrooms we find here in Britain and to what we can practically do with them. Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2006 by Gaz Pacho

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