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Field Guide to Australian Fungi
 

A Field Guide to Australian Fungi

Revised Edition

Bruce Fuhrer  

Colour photographs, Glossary, Bibliography, Index
360 pages
Publisher: Bloomings Books


 

 This title is out of stock with the original publisher and they are considering a reprint.

Here is a definitive field guide covering more than 500 fungi species with 548 superb colour photographs. All fungi photographed in their natural environment – many for the first time with information on fungal biology, ecology, classification, distribution, roles of fungi in nature, and spore prints.

Descriptions cover size, range, shape, habitat information as well as spore print colour, spore descriptions and a pictorial guide to groups.

A Field Guide to Australian Fungi is the culmination of many decades of field work and study and is the most comprehensive photographic field guide on Australian fungi yet published.

 

 
  • More than 500 fungus species described, including slime moulds
  • 548 superb colour photographs illustrating many fungi for the first time
  • All fungi photographed in their natural environment
  • Information on fungal biology and ecology and more
  • Illustrated guide to main groups
  • Sample of notes recording fungus data collected in the field
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     Introduction
    Pictorial guide to groups
    Section 1: Basidiomycota
    1.1 Fungi with simple gills
    1.2 Fungi with forked gills
    1.3Fleshy pore-fungi
    1.4 Coral fungi
    1.4.1 Clavaria and allies
    1.4.2 Ramaria and allies
    1.5 Puffballs and allies
    1.5.1 Simple puffballs
    1.5.2 Earth Stars
    1.5.3 Hard-skinned puffballs
    1.5.4 Bird’s-nest fungi
    1.5.5 Stalked puffballs
    1.5.6 Stinkhorns
    1.6 Underground or truffle-like fungi
    1.7 Spine fungi
    1.8 Woody pore-fungi & Bracket-fungi
    1.9 Leathery shelf-fungi
    1.10 Trumpet fungi
    1.11Jelly fungi
    Section 2: Ascomycota
    Section 3: Myxomycotas
    Glossary
    Further reading
    Index
     

     “All the colours of the rainbow are depicted in marvellous images and combined with authoritative text resulting from a lifetime of observation. This publication will enable people to experience the fantastic world of fungi at a range of levels...”
    Rodger Elliot
     

     Bruce Fuhrer is a well known naturalist and one of Australia’s leading botanical photographers. He is the author, co-author and illustrator of several botanical publications on fungi, mosses liverworts and wildflowers. He worked in the School of Biology at Monash University for 25 years and was awarded an Honorary Master of Science degree by Monash University in1988. In 1989 he was awarded The Australian Natural History medallion. 

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