Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth Condition: New. A beautiful and comprehensive guide to mushroom identification with over 1,250 detailed photographs of mushrooms and other fungi.Über den AutorrnrnRoger Phillips is an award-winning photographer with a reputation spanning thirty years. . Unsurpassed in both illustrative and descriptive detail, Mushrooms contains over 1,250 photographs, often showing the specimens in various stages of growth, and includes all the latest botanical and common names as well as current ecological information on endangered species. Phillips warned against using his guide – or any other – as the sole authority on edible fungi, advising that novices should always have experts identify their finds. Roger Phillips is one of the world’s leading mushroom specialists with over 40 years of expertise in studying fungi in the wild. Roger’s book, ‘Mushrooms’, first published in 2006, has been hugely successful, with more than 2 million copies sold worldwide in 7 European languages.

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Meanwhile, his Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe (1981), Mushrooms (2006, with a foreword by David Bellamy) and, for transatlantic foragers, Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America (2005) earned him the soubriquet “the mushroom man”. Meanwhile, years of voluntary work in the communal garden in Eccleston Square, Pimlico, where he lived, led in 1980 to Phillips being asked to take on its management. Under his stewardship the garden, now part of the National Gardens Scheme, was transformed into a plantsman’s paradise, containing the National Collection of Ceanothus, in addition to some 200 different climbing roses and 120 different Camellias. Also, Roger Phillips was a contributor and co-author of many scientific and recreational articles. His entitled works, such as “ Fungi will have a role in ridding the world of plastic” and “ How to cut grocery bills and eat healthy.” Also, you can read his book about Mushrooms and all their types. It contains over 1250 photographs of mushrooms and fungi, often showing the specimens in various stages of growth, including all the latest botanical and common names and current ecological information on endangered species. Mushrooms: The Photographic Guide to Identify Common and Important Mushrooms (The Photographic Guide to Identity)Roger Phillips, ‘mushroom man’, forager, plantsman and photographer who produced a series of acclaimed field guides – obituary There is I think most of the mushrooms you will find in Ireland listed in this book, with very clear descriptions of what to look for. They are well categorised and the key is as detailed as you would hope for. There are also colour photos of every mushroom along with the description, which makes identification more intuitive. September this year saw the publication of a new edition of his Vegetables (with Martyn Rix), and at the time of his death he was working on new editions of his two earliest books, Wild Flowers of Britain & Ireland and Trees in Britain. map. Multiple social features are integrated including being able to engage the wider user group in He also served as chairman of the Society for the Protection of London Squares, helping to frustrate the incursions of developers, work for which he was appointed MBE in the 2010 New Year Honours.

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Definitely one of the largest pictorial collection of UK native fungi and a must own for anyone interested in fungi.Phillips presented or co-presented two television series based on his books on gardening, The Quest for the Rose (1994, BBC Two) and The 3,000 Mile Garden (1995, PBS), in which he and the US gardener Lesley Land compared and contrasted their gardening methods and preferences. Having sold more than 750,000 copies in Europe of his previous title on mushrooms, Roger Phillips's Mushrooms once again sets the benchmark. Quite simply, nobody with an interest in the subject can afford to be without this book. Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any).