recommended fungi ident book

[heeilbeck]

can anyone recommend a good fungi ident book at all?

would like to buy one but not sure which are good books!

[sloth]

The arbtalk fungi app is pucka, the aa arborists field guide is also good and the latest photographic Collins guide is a good all rounder with less focus on trees and fungi. All reasonably priced too

[woodyguy]

Most fungi books are very good if you're looking for which ones to eat. They're not so good for identifying fruiting bodies on trees. I've got loads of books but the fungi pages on this site are brilliant and better than any book.

[coleman]

The arbtalk fungi app is pucka, the aa arborists field guide is also good and the latest photographic Collins guide is a good all rounder with less focus on trees and fungi. All reasonably priced too

 

seconded on the AA field guide for tree fung. for everything else I use 'mushrooms' by roger phillips which also contains brackets but doesn't go into decay strategies. good book.

[heeilbeck]

Thanks for the help! What about pest and diseases books?

[David Humphries]

Thanks for the help! What about pest and diseases books?

 

Check out the AA's p&d field guide (accompanies the Fungi guide really well)

 

 

http://www.trees.org.uk/publications/Guides/Tree-Pests-and-Diseases-An-Arborists-Field-Guide

 

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[heeilbeck]

thanks for all the help! I'll have a look

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Thanks all for encouraging remarks about the AA field guides, and indeed for contributions to ('Mr Humphries'). It's really good to get confirmation that it's useful and helpful to practitioners.

 

Can I also make a plug for Mathecks "Manual of Wood Decay in Trees" which gives a deeper insight to trees n fungi and explains modes of decay etc. very well indeed (highly recommended I would say.)

 

See Manual of Wood Decays in Trees

 

Cheers..

Paul

[Jcarbor]

I agree both the AA field guides are great little books, ideal for vehicle packs.

Another fantastic book is Micheal Jordan's encyclopedia of fungi of the British isles and Europe. Isbn 0 7112 2378 5. Great text and fabulous pics.