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'Tricholoma' and 'Lycoperdon' have.....

Oh, you get the drift!

And I'm depressed. I used to be able to just about manage 'Boletus'.
*sigh* Never mind, the pictures and edibilities in my fungus books still
match, even if the names are no longer current!

Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe by Roger Phillips,
Macmillan, ISBN 0 330 26441 9

Well worth buying, and it's not too dear.

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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
The message
from (sarah) contains these words:

'Tricholoma' and 'Lycoperdon' have.....

Oh, you get the drift!

And I'm depressed. I used to be able to just about manage
'Boletus'.
*sigh* Never mind, the pictures and edibilities in my fungus books
still match, even if the names are no longer current!

Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe by Roger
Phillips, Macmillan, ISBN 0 330 26441 9

Well worth buying, and it's not too dear.

The Collins _Gem Guide_ is cheap and clear: probably good enough for
most of us.

--
Mike.

In article , Mike Lyle mike_lyle_uk@REMO
VETHISyahoo.co.uk writes
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
The message
from (sarah) contains these words:

'Tricholoma' and 'Lycoperdon' have.....

Oh, you get the drift!

And I'm depressed. I used to be able to just about manage
'Boletus'.
*sigh* Never mind, the pictures and edibilities in my fungus books
still match, even if the names are no longer current!

Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe by Roger
Phillips, Macmillan, ISBN 0 330 26441 9

Well worth buying, and it's not too dear.

The Collins _Gem Guide_ is cheap and clear: probably good enough for
most of us.

Depends, I suppose, on whether you're planning to eat what you find. If
I'm eating a mushroom that I haven't tried before, I like to check the
identification in at least two books. I use Marcel Bon 'Mushrooms and
toadstools of britain and NW Europe' for drawings and keys, and Phillips
for photos.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

The message
from "Mike Lyle" contains these words:

Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe by Roger
Phillips, Macmillan, ISBN 0 330 26441 9

Well worth buying, and it's not too dear.

The Collins _Gem Guide_ is cheap and clear: probably good enough for
most of us.

I've got the Collins Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools, and it lists one
very poisonous species as edible (Paxillus involutus), and another with
a warning that 'some people' may find it poisonous or even deadly,
following that with the coment that it is widely eaten after special
treatment.

The illustrations are pretty-well useless, too.

I've not met the Collins Gem Guide book. No doubt I shall, as I've quite
a collection of boks on fungi, and it's mushrooming...

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from Kay contains these words:

Depends, I suppose, on whether you're planning to eat what you find. If
I'm eating a mushroom that I haven't tried before, I like to check the
identification in at least two books. I use Marcel Bon 'Mushrooms and
toadstools of britain and NW Europe' for drawings and keys, and Phillips
for photos.

If you get a chance, have a look at Wayside and Woodland Fungi (Warne)
by W.P.K.Findlay, and illustrated (posthumously) with drawings and
paintings done early in life, by Beatrix Potter, and by two other
artists.

I was lucky enough to get it for £14.50 - a first reprint (1978). If you
come across a first edition/impression of 1967 for a reasonable price,
snap it up.

--
Rusty
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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
The message
from "Mike Lyle" contains
these
words:

Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe by Roger
Phillips, Macmillan, ISBN 0 330 26441 9

Well worth buying, and it's not too dear.

The Collins _Gem Guide_ is cheap and clear: probably good enough
for
most of us.

I've got the Collins Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools, and it
lists
one very poisonous species as edible (Paxillus involutus), and
another with
a warning that 'some people' may find it poisonous or even deadly,
following that with the coment that it is widely eaten after
special
treatment.

The illustrations are pretty-well useless, too.

I've not met the Collins Gem Guide book. No doubt I shall, as I've
quite
a collection of boks on fungi, and it's mushrooming...

Thanks for the warning. I can't check at present, as most of my books
are in boxes. The Gem series is, I think, produced separately from
the Field Guides, and may have better info on mycoedibility. They
seem to be remarkably good (certainly wipe the floor with the old
Observer's Books, which mostly have only sentimental value now). The
flowers one is too brief for me, but the European mammals suits me
down to the ground: it even has whales.

I'm told the illustrations in the Gem fishes are a knock-out, but
it's out of print, and they told me a few years ago that they didn't
plan to reissue it -- so, **if anybody spots one at a sensible price,
I'd be very grateful to buy it from them**.

--
Mike.

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I'm told the illustrations in the Gem fishes are a knock-out, but
it's out of print, and they told me a few years ago that they didn't
plan to reissue it -- so, **if anybody spots one at a sensible price,
I'd be very grateful to buy it from them**.

I'll keep my eye out - for two...

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Have yo tried a good fungicide?

Good:fungicide - does not compute.

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