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Books about Australian fungi with illustrations

Many of the books on fungi are not readily available but most can be obtained from places such as University book stores, Naturalists Clubs, and can also be ordered from any bookstore or via booksellers on the internet such as Amazon.comTM, or the list of Australian publishers and booksellers on the National Library of Australia website.

 

  • Aberdeen, JEC. (1979). Introduction to the Mushrooms, Toadstools and Larger Fungi of Queensland. Queensland Naturalists Club, Brisbane.
  • Bougher, N.L., & Syme, K. (1998). Fungi of Southern Australia. University of Western Australia Press. 404 Pp
  • Cole, M.F., Fuhrer, B.A. and Holland, A.A. (1978). A field guide to the Common Genera of Gilled Fungi in Australia. (Inkata Press, Melbourne.)
  • Fuhrer, B. A (2001). Field Companion to Australian Fungi (rev. ed.). Bloomings Books, Melbourne.
  • Fuhrer, B.A. and Robinson, R. (1992). Rainforest fungi of Tasmania and south-east Australia. (CSIRO, Melbourne.)
  • Griffiths, K. (1985). A Field Guide to the Larger Fungi of the Darling Scarp & South West of Western Australia. (Griffiths, Perth.)
  • Macdonald, R. and Westerman, J. (1979). A Field Guide to Fungi of South-eastern Australia. (Thomas Nelson, Melbourne.)
  • McCann, I.R. (2003). Australian fungi illustrated. Macdown Productions, Vermont. 
  • Robinson, R. (2003). Fungi of south west forests. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Kensington.
  • Shepherd, C.J. and Totterdell, C.J. (1988). Mushrooms and Toadstools of Australia. (Inkata Press, Melbourne.)
  • Willis, JH. (1963). Victorian Toadstools and Mushrooms (3rd. ed.). Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, Melbourne. 
  • Wood, A. (1990). Australian Mushrooms and Toadstools: How to identify them (revised ed.). New South Wales University Press, Sydney.
  • Young, A.M. (2000). Common Australian fungi. (University of New South Wales Press, Kensington.) (revised edn; 1st edn 1982).

 

Books about fungi of other countries; with illustrations

Note: Some, but not all, of the fungal species in these books occur in Australia. Many of the same genera occur in Australia

 

  • Arora, D. (1986). Mushrooms Demystified. (Ten Speed Press: Berkeley.) 
  • Breitenbach, J. and Kränzlin, F. (eds) (1984). Fungi of Switzerland Vol. 1 Ascomycetes (Verlag Mykologia, Lucerne.) 
  • Breitenbach, J. and Kränzlin, F. (eds) (1986). Fungi of Switzerland Vol. 2 Non gilled fungi. (Verlag Mykologia, Lucerne.) 
  • Breitenbach J. and Kränzlin F. (eds) (1991). Fungi of Switzerland Vol. 3 Boletes and Agarics 1st part. (Verlag Mykologia, Lucerne.) 
  • Breitenbach J. and Kränzlin F. (eds) (1995). Fungi of Switzerland Vol. 4 Agarics 2nd part. (Verlag Mykologia, Lucerne.) 
  • Breitenbach J. and Kränzlin F. (eds) (2000). Fungi of Switzerland Vol. 5 Agarics 3rd part. (Verlag Mykologia, Lucerne.) 
  • Imazeki, R., Otani, Y. and Hongo, T. (1988). Fungi of Japan. (Yama-kei Publishers Co. Ltd., Tokyo.) 
  • Jordan, M. (1995). The Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe. (David & Charles, Devon.) 
  • Miller, O.K. Jr. (1979). Mushrooms of North America. (E.P.Dutton & Co. Inc., New York.) 
  • Miller, O.K. Jr. and Miller, H. (1988). Gasteromycetes. (Mad River Press Inc., Eureka.) 
  • Pegler, D.N. (1981). The Mitchell Beazley Pocket Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools. (Mitchell Beazley Publishers, London.) 
  • Pegler, D.N., Spooner, B.M. and Young, T.W.K. (1993). British Truffles a Revision of British Hypogeous Fungi. (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.) 
  • Petersen, R.H. (1988). The Clavarioid fungi of New Zealand. (DSIR, Wellington.) 
  • Phillips, R. (1981). Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain and Europe. (Ward Lock Limited, London.) 
  • Phillips, R. (1991). Mushrooms of North America. (Little, Brown & Co., Boston). 
  • Stevenson, G. (1994). New Zealand Fungi—an Illustrated Guide, 2nd edn. (Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.) 
  • Taylor, M. (1991). Mobil New Zealand Nature Series: Mushrooms and Toadstools. (Reed Books, Auckland.) 
  • van der Westhuizen, G.C.A. and Eicker, A. (1994). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Southern Africa. (Struik Publishers Pty Ltd, Cape Town.) 
  • Watling, R. (1973). Identification of the Larger Fungi. (Hulton, Buckinghamshire.)

 

A book series on how to identify and work with larger fungi

 

  • Largent, D.L. (1977a). How to Identify Mushrooms to Genus I: Macroscopic features. (Mad River Press Inc., Eureka.) 
  • Largent D.L. and Thiers, H.D. (1977b). How to Identify Mushrooms to Genus II: Field Identification of Genera. (Mad River Press Inc., Eureka.) 
  • Largent D.L. (1977c). How to Identify Mushrooms to Genus III: Microscopic Features. (Mad River Press Inc., Eureka.) 
  • Largent D.L. and Baroni, T.J. (1988). How to Identify Mushrooms to Genus VI: Modern Genera. (Mad River Press Inc., Eureka.) 

 

 

For a list with a brief description of more books see the Australian National Botanic Gardens fungi website

 

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