Mushrooms

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Roger Howard Phillips was born in Uxbridge on December 16 1932 to Philip, borough treasurer for Hillingdon, and Elsie née Williams. Featuring colour photographs and vivid descriptions of hundreds of varieties and stages of growth – with footnotes ranging from “edible”, “not edible” and “hallucinogenic”, to “deadly poisonous” and even “edibility unknown”, these were not only essential reference works, but were enlivened by anecdote. Used books have different signs of use and might not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material.

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Packed full of photos and information, this mushroom encyclopaedia has fuelled my interest in fascinating fungi! Having sold more than 750,000 copies in Europe of his previous title on mushrooms, Roger Phillips's Mushrooms once again sets the benchmark. To keen gardeners and plantsmen, the names Phillips and Rix enjoy the same level of recognition as that of any other famous double-act you could mention,” observed Christopher Bailes in The Daily Telegraph, in 2002. The culmination of over thirty years work, this authoritative and superbly illustrated reference work is packed with the most up-to-date information and original photographs.He became a cult figure among foragers after the publication in 1983 of his Wild Food, a book featuring recipes alongside full-colour photographs of British plants and fungi. There is I think most of the mushrooms you will find in Ireland listed in this book, with very clear descriptions of what to look for. 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 North America: Phillips, Roger Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America: Phillips, Roger

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.I haven't yet eaten any of the mushrooms I think I have identified as edible because I'm not that brave, and also have more questions about my identification that the book gives answers for. Roger developed an encyclopedic collection of books to show the difference between plants as diverse as mosses, roses, and annuals using modern photographic techniques.

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Roger Phillips has written the best mushroom book I know: the sublime taxonomic accuracy of his descriptions and photographs, combined with an evangelical and infectious passion for the subject, will make an instant mycophile of anyone who picks it up. He went on to publish more than 30 photographic field guides (often written with Martyn Rix) which have sold more than 4.

Definitely one of the largest pictorial collection of UK native fungi and a must own for anyone interested in fungi. His aim, Phillips explained, was “to photograph in the way the old botanical masters used to draw”, and his delightfully arranged compositions showed tarte aux myrtilles on the banks of a woodland stream and Carragheen soup precariously balanced on waveswept rocks. His first book Wild Flowers of Britain was a huge success, selling 400,000 copies in the first year. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

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Unsurpassed in both illustrative and descriptive detail, Mushrooms contains over 1,250 photographs, often showing the specimens in various stages of growth, and includes all the latest botanical and common names as well as current ecological information on endangered species.The late Roger Phillips's 'Mushrooms' is an invaluable visual index for chefs and for amateur mycologists looking for information on the fungi species of the UK and beyond. An ebullient figure often seen in distinctive red-rimmed glasses and matching jacket and beret, Phillips travelled all over the world in his quest for wild food and celebrated his odyssey in The Worldwide Forager (2020). In later years he enjoyed joining the musician and DJ Cerys Matthews at her Good Life Experience festival in north Wales, leading foragers into the woods and cooking up the results over a fire pit. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage.