The Book of Fungi: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from around the World Hardcover – April 15, 2011

Stunningly beautiful book with life size pictures in gorgeous color and a cute detail. It is s joy to read this and my new companion. I have a rather large mycology library. This book is not intended to be and is too heavy to be a field book, but as a reference book, it is both informative, detailed and an utter joy to read and leaf through.

Great book. As i don't have much knowledge on biology, it was very informational with hundreds of fungi, a brief overview on the aspects of each one + a life size picture of them. If there was a second version of it with more examples, i'd definitely buy it again.

Bought as a gift for my grand daughter. She loved it . Nice, beautiful hardback book. A little pricey though !

I got this for my brother for his birthday, and he loves it! A truly beautiful book.

This is a beautiful book, full of an incredible array of fascinating species of mushroom-type fungi.Take a look at the "Look Inside!" Amazon feature and that will tell you most of what you need to know. There are about 30 pages of introductory material, including a four page "Guide to the Fungi" that gives some information useful for identification, and some end matter including a few pages on classification, as well as indexes by common name and scientific name.The rest of the book (600+ pages) consists of one page per species as you can see in the sample pages.It's a heavy, beautifully bound book of the highest quality, one which is is very pleasant to simply browse through while wondering at nature's variety. For this alone I can highly recommend it as an object which is satisfying to possess.It is however important to note a few things. This is not an "edible mushroom book", nor is it really a guide to identifying and differentiating various species. It really is mostly a visual catalog of 600 or so fungal species with pictures and interesting information about each. Also as the authors note, the book only covers around 1% of the known species.Each species descriptions includes a "Similar species" section, however there are no page-number cross references when the mentioned species are included in the book, so you have to look each one up by scientific name in the index to see if it is included. Descriptions include associations, and a list of species categorized by association could have been a nice feature. I would have liked to see more useful/practical information like this added beyond the very basic overviews included.One feature of the book is that many of the photographs are scaled to reflect the actual size of the specimens shown, which seems useful as some are much larger or smaller than one might expect.Any fan of mushrooms will want to own this book, along with people interested in the variety of life on our planet, biologists interested in fungi, etc.Recommended.G.

Bought this book for a friend and have been meaning to get another copy for myself asap. It is a wonderful book. The photos are crisp and informative and there are so many types of fungi I have never even heard of before.I highly recommend this book, especially as a referance book for artists.

Anyone interested in the subject of Fungi, be it a novice student or seasoned doctorate this is the nicest book on the subject. So many incredible photographs to support well-written text with in depth and contemporary information which can lead to better identification.

This book is very well organized and put together, lots of detail/info and great photos.

Excelente material muy bonito y buena información

Extremamente ilustrativo! Imagens muito claras, perfeito para estudos de identificações.

So fun to read and learn about mushrooms around the world.

This book is excellent with good Pictures and a very informative text. To be recommended for anyoe interested in mycology.

Ilustrações lindíssimas! Uso nas aulas de micologia para que os alunos visualizem Basidiomicetos!