Fungi
By: Roy Watling
Contributors: Natural History Museum (London, England)
Series: Life series; Life series
Publisher: Natural History Museum
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780565091828
Subjects: Fungi; Geographical distribution; Identification
Description: "This book is a wonderful resource for botanists and all those interested in fungi, suitable for the general reader or a student looking for background reading. The focus is on the larger fungi, those which have an obvious fruiting body. Roy Watling MBE, a respected mycologist who has written widely on the subject of fungi, sheds light on these organisms in a clear, accessible text illustrated with colour photographs on every page."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: How important are fungi?; title: What is a fungus?; title: The larger fungi; title: When and where?; title: Collecting and studying fungi; title: Fungi an humans; title: Conservation.