book advice.

[carlos]

hi just wondered if any one could recomend a good book on tree fungi.

types, invaision techniques, trees effected, rot types etc.

 

its for revision for rfs level two.

i fancy somthing kinda clear and not to heavey that i switch off!!

any thoughts would be great thanks carl

[rupert]

The Manual of Wood Decays in Trees by
Claus Mattheck & Karlheinz Weber is a good basic one. It describes in detail 29 of most important decay fungi to be found on street and park trees with a specific arboricultural reference.

[penfold]

try Jo Ryan at Treesource, very good selection of books at a reasonable price. She also knows what she's talking about as she is arb trained.

[Alinicoll]

Francis Schwartz does some very in depth books which are pretty interesting.

[sihart100]

I also recomend The Manual of Wood Decays in Trees book and it's not to dear. I used that one when I was doing the rfs and it's a good read

[carlos]

hi thanks for the relpys

i have heard of the manual of wood decays book before and i think my boss might have a copy so ill try and borrow that soon thanks again carl

[HBW]

Fungal strategies of decay wood in trees by schwarze.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Francis Schwartz does some very in depth books which are pretty interesting.

 

and he did ask for nothing TOO heavy!

 

stick with the claus webber at a tenner its a bargain, good intro.

 

Watch out for them fungi, that subject gets addictive!

[David Humphries]

Watch out for them fungi, that subject gets addictive!

 

Ain't that the truth,

 

quick Carlos, whilst you've still got the mental capacity to keep your life away from the subversive undercurrents of the fungal underworld, put your energies in to something less weird & geeky, and find something more mainstream that normal punters down the pub will want to talk to you about.

 

 

Failing that try and source "the Complete Encyclopedia of Mushrooms" by Gerrit J Keizer.

ISBN 978 90 366 1598 3

 

Retails @ 12.99 but found my copy at Amazon for £6 cracking bargain.

 

Lists whether a fung is a sap or para and also shows pretty much all the micorrhryzal species

 

Bizarly doesn't list either Perenioporia or Rigidoporus, but that strange ommision aside, it's a really good reference

 

 

Don't open the door..........................

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Ain't that the truth,

 

quick Carlos, whilst you've still got the mental capacity to keep your life away from the subversive undercurrents of the fungal underworld, put your energies in to something less weird & geeky, and find something more mainstream that normal punters down the pub will want to talk to you about.

 

 

Failing that try and source "the Complete Encyclopedia of Mushrooms" by Gerrit J Keizer.

ISBN 978 90 366 1598 3

 

Retails @ 12.99 but found my copy at Amazon for £6 cracking bargain.

 

Lists whether a fung is a sap or para and also shows pretty much all the micorrhryzal species

 

Bizarly doesn't list either Perenioporia or Rigidoporus, but that strange ommision aside, it's a really good reference

 

 

Don't open the door

 

 

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theres not much point in referencing those two in a book like that, perenniporia and Rigidiporus, they are rare occurances so bt specialised for those looking into the others in that book. youll tend to find all these books have a certain flavour, like you say its about Mycorrhizas and saprotrophs mainly.

 

In time there will be a book for us guys thats bang up to date, it shall be known as Arb Mycota,