In Fungal Decomposition of Wood: Its Biology and Ecology.

[Gary Prentice]

Probably a long shot, but would any know if this book is available to download? I've searched dozens of sites in an attempt to buy it but the lowest price I can find is nearly £300

[sloth]

Can't help I'm afraid, but I came across this while looking...

 

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4MreBQAAQBAJ&dq=fungi&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwBTgKahUKEwij49Wowq7HAhUJCNsKHZ8GBpU

[Gary Prentice]

Looks a good book and at a good price, which is more than I can say for Boddies and Raynors volume. Prices range from £300 up to a thousand pounds. I wish springer would reprint it.

[Kveldssanger]

I got it for £200 or something round that figure from the USA from Abebooks a few months ago. It was on Amazon for £1000 at one point. Madness.

 

I know this won't help, but it's a great book.

[KTSmith]

That is a good book to be sure. In looking over my copy, much of the information that I use from the text is in the research papers by the authors and their students, and most of the papers are available from their research websites I don't know the state of inter-library loan in the UK, but my local library (two doors down from my home) gets me most anything for a week or two loan, from libraries across the country. Then I can copy what I need, under our "fair use" for scholarship provisions of our copyright law. Sure photocopies or scans are not nearly as rewarding as having the whole book, but if it is otherwise unavailable, well, the information should still be available.

But maybe I misunderstand. The above would be of no interest for the book collector, but for the practitioner, it might work.

As for reprinting...I expect that Wiley-Interscience would need an updated text, which would be quite a task!

[Kveldssanger]

L. Boddy I think published information of desiccation tolerant fungi (on ash) in a separate journal, and one on elm as well I think. This research is featured, at least somewhat, in the book.

[sloth]

You never know, Amazon are responsible for my copy of Butin's Tree Diseases and Disorders: Causes, Biology, and Control in Forest and Amenity Trees. I can only assume if enough people show an interest in an out of print book through Amazon they see fit to acquire printing rights...

[sloth]

Sorry, not Butin, Schwarze's fungal strategies...

[Gary Prentice]

That is a good book to be sure. In looking over my copy, much of the information that I use from the text is in the research papers by the authors and their students, and most of the papers are available from their research websites I don't know the state of inter-library loan in the UK, but my local library (two doors down from my home) gets me most anything for a week or two loan, from libraries across the country. Then I can copy what I need, under our "fair use" for scholarship provisions of our copyright law. Sure photocopies or scans are not nearly as rewarding as having the whole book, but if it is otherwise unavailable, well, the information should still be available.

But maybe I misunderstand. The above would be of no interest for the book collector, but for the practitioner, it might work.

As for reprinting...I expect that Wiley-Interscience would need an updated text, which would be quite a task!

 

L. Boddy I think published information of desiccation tolerant fungi (on ash) in a separate journal, and one on elm as well I think. This research is featured, at least somewhat, in the book.

 

Kevin, Chris (Kveldssanger) has sent me a list of chapter titles - so some further research may pay off, failing that I'll have to join a library.

 

I'm not searching for it for the sake of owning it, but desire the contents, Chris quoted from it,in another thread, and identified a gap in my knowledge that I should be looking into more. Education always costs!

[Kveldssanger]

Some copies are online... for £700!