AuthorPhillips, R.
Year1981
TitleMushrooms & other Fungi of Great Britain & Europe
ISBN0 330 26441 9
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteA selection of common, larger basidiomycetes and ascomycetes
Source287pp, Pan Books
IllustrationsHigh quality colour photographs throughout.
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

A large number of species are covered, each illustrated by excellent colour photographs. These show several specimens of various ages and from different angles, and often a cross-section. For consistency of colour reproduction, they were photographed in the studio in controlled lighting conditions against plain dark paper.

Roger was a professional photographer before he got interested in fungi and this is evident in the quality of the photography.

This is still the best photographic guide to our macromycetes.

An enlarged (but smaller!) edition followed in 2006.

Errata, Corrigenda & Comments

A series of articles in Field Mycology updates the nomenclature and corrects a few misidentifications:

"Update of Roger Phillips’ Mushrooms and other Fungi of Great Britain & Europe", Field Mycology:

Part 1 - Vol 2(3) July 01, pp 90-93
Part 2- Vol 2(4) Oct 01, pp 126-131
Part 3 - Vol 3(1), Jan 02, pp 20-24
Parts 4 & 5 - Vol 3(2) April 02, pp 50-52 and 53-55
Further additions and corrections - Vol 3(4), Oct 02, pp137-139.

NewsAfter more than 20 years, a new expanded edition was published in 2006
Examine in the Hand ( Compound Microscope is also useful)
Identification difficultyReliable identification of fungi requires microscopy and although this work offers a goodly number of photographs, it gives insufficient microscopic details for critical work.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identification, A good selection of the larger common speciesCurrentASCOMYCOTAspore shooters, ascomyceteFungi
For identification, Shows Dumontinia tuberosa (as Sclerotinia tuberosa) on Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) - p275.CurrentDumontinia tuberosaAnemone CupFungi: Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae
For identification, A good number of species.CurrentBASIDIOMYCETESspore droppersFungi
For identificationCurrent[Macromycetes]larger fungi, macrofungiFungi
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