Best fungi book

[Hill-Billy]

Fungi, it seems, is a big issue on arbtalk. Who can recommend a good fungi book? My book shelf has a gap for such a book!

[Warren Stirling]

Mushrooms, by Roger Phillips

[sloth]

Yep, good book and very cheap from amazon (about a tenner), also this Collins guide http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0007232241/ref=aw_d_detail?pd=1&qid=1357433147&sr=8-3 and Kiezers encyclopedia: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1901094219/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/280-2668703-7529944

I hear the Arbtalk app is tree related and very good. Also the AA arborists tree fungi guide (again, geared at fungi on trees). One thing with all of these just mentioned, is no one book has all fungi, and some are easier to ID from one book than another. Oh, and the names of them change often, so the name in whatever book you have could be outdated!

For more depth try Lonsdales principles of hazard assessment, Strouts and Winter diagnosis of ill health in trees or Matthecks manual of wood decay. There are many more, but these are all very good.

Good luck!

Edited January 6, 2013 by sloth