Mushrooms and Toadstools (New Naturalist S) - Hardcover

Ramsbottom, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1870630092 ISBN 13: 9781870630092

Publisher: Cave, 1989

Synopsis

Mushrooms & Toadstools

About this title

Review

‘In this book Dr. Ramsbottom entertains the reader with an erudite and richly factual yet comfortably humorous history of most of the exciting and interesting things discovered about fungi in ancient and modern times. The colour photographs are superbly reproduced, and the black-and-white illustrations have been selected from the collections of Britain’s most eminent nature photographers.’
Listener

‘Will become a classic. Dr. Ramsbottom combines style and humour with his learning. The mycologist and the toadstool-hunting amateur cannot do without this book.’
Spectator

‘He write delightfully, and it obviously in love with his subject – he is anxious that others should share both his love and his knowledge. A discursive, scholarly book, enlivened always by a friendly personality. I think that there is just about everything that anyone can want to know about fungi in this book.’
Brian Vesey Fitzgerald, The Field

‘A fungus handbook for everyone. It is a perfect example of the kind of book the New Naturalist series was designed to produce. This is a five star effort and cannot be over-praised.’
Scottish Field

‘Not only a masterly and authoritative review and catalogue of our fungi, but a treasure chest of information and a delight to read.’
Scotsman

About the Author

1894-1974. Mycologist and museum curator, author of Mushrooms and Toadstools (1953). Mancunian, joined Natural History Museum as assistant in 1910 and remained there until 1950, for last 20 years as Keeper of Botany. Awarded OBE 1919 for service in army medical corps. A sociable man, a leading and loyal member of numerous societies to do with fungi, horticulture, roses and bibliography. One of the foremost promoters and popularisers of mycology, much in demand for lectures, forays and at congresses.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cave
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1870630092
• ISBN 13: 9781870630092
• Binding: Hardcover