Mushrooms

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Using modern photographic techniques, Roger set out to develop an encyclopedic collection of books to show the difference between plants as diverse as mosses, roses and annuals. Common Ink Caps, he noted for example, have been used in rehab due to their emetic effect when consumed with alcohol, while Fly Agaric (the stereotypical red toadstools with white spots) are used as a hallucinogen and intoxicant by the Lapps, who may have picked up the habit by observing the effects of the fungus on reindeer. Phillips presented or co-presented two television series based on his books on gardening, The Quest for the Rose (1994, BBC Two) and The 3,000 Mile Garden (1995, PBS), in which he and the US gardener Lesley Land compared and contrasted their gardening methods and preferences. This is a reprint of the most recent edition of Phillips's "MUSHROOMS: AND OTHER FUNGI OF GREAT BRITAIN AND EUROPE. The culmination of over thirty years' work, Roger Phillips's authoritative and superbly illustrated reference work is packed with information and original photographs.

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Soft covers in very good condition, contents bright and clean, illustrations colourful, binding sound, a very neat and tidy copy.There’s nothing like the joy of finding food out in the wild, bringing it home, and transforming it into a sensational supper. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Ascomycetes: Morels; Saddle fungi; Cup fungi; Ear fungi; Club-shaped fungi; Finger and disc fungi; Truffles; Sports and crusts.

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Under his stewardship the garden, now part of the National Gardens Scheme, was transformed into a plantsman’s paradise, containing the National Collection of Ceanothus, in addition to some 200 different climbing roses and 120 different Camellias. Uumlber den AutorrnrnRoger Phillips is an award-winning photographer with a reputation spanning thirty years. In 1975 Roger Phillips began his life’s major work of photographing and publishing pictures of the World’s garden plants. Roger developed an encyclopedic collection of books to show the difference between plants as diverse as mosses, roses, and annuals using modern photographic techniques. Fall is the main season for wild mushrooms in the Northern Hemisphere, starting with chanterelles as early as August and continuing until the end of November, with varieties such as porcini, hedgehog mushrooms, and pieds bleus.The book provides up-to-date botanical and common names of more than 1,000 species, along with accompanying images for each listing.

Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe (A Pan

Meanwhile, his Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe (1981), Mushrooms (2006, with a foreword by David Bellamy) and, for transatlantic foragers, Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America (2005) earned him the soubriquet “the mushroom man”. He also collaborated with his wife and plantswoman Nicky Foy on several books, notably Herbs (1990) and A Photographic Garden History (1997) . This was followed by Trees in Britain (1978), and the success of both titles led Pan/Macmillan to sign up him up to work on a series on garden plants – eventually numbering 12 major volumes and 17 pocket books – with Martyn Rix, a botanist and plantsman whom Phillips had met at Wisley. Much of his early work was photographing food but he also did record covers for Cream and Jack Bruce through his friendship with the psychedelic graphic designer and illustrator Alan Aldridge. He went on to publish more than 30 photographic field guides (often written with Martyn Rix) which have sold more than 4.He also served as chairman of the Society for the Protection of London Squares, helping to frustrate the incursions of developers, work for which he was appointed MBE in the 2010 New Year Honours.