Collins Gem - Mushrooms and Toadstools

Harding, Patrick

ISBN 10: 0004722701 / ISBN 13: 9780004722702

Editore: Collins, 1999

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Riassunto:

The only truly pocket-sized photographic guide to mushrooms and toadstools of Britain and Europe.

This Collins Gem is being reissued in flexibinding, providing the durability of a hardback with the flexibility of a paperback. The stylish new cover design will enlilven this and 70 other bestselling Gems.

There are 4000 species of mushroom and toadstool in Britain and Europe. Larger umbrella-shaped fungi with a cap and stem are known as mushrooms if they are edible and toadstools if they are poisonous.Collins Gem Mushrooms and Toadstools describes over 230 species which are to be commonly found.

Each mushroom or toadstool entry includes:

A photograph and clear description of what it looks like

Details of size, habitat and season when it can be found

An indication of whether it is edible or poisonous

The names of similar species with which the mushroom or toadstool could be confused, and details of the differences between them

Informazioni sull'autore:

After gaining his doctorate by growing grass on coal tips, Patrick Harding enjoyed over 25 years as a university lecturer. He now runs numerous courses and works with the BBC on programmes about herbal medicine, wild flowers, mushrooms, and trees. Patrick is the author of ‘Gem Mushrooms’ and ‘How to ID Edible Mushrooms’, and has had years of experience, lecturing and leading groups on fungal forays. He was recently filmed with Richard and Judy for a BBC 2 series.

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: Collins Gem - Mushrooms and Toadstools
Casa editrice: Collins
Data di pubblicazione: 1999
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Used; Good