Field companion to Australian fungi revised edition By Bruce Fuhrer ISBN 1876473401, published in 2001 by Bloomings Books, colour, soft cover, 162 pages Price $A25.00 plus $A6.50 postage within Australia, overseas postage please request a quote

In this revised and updated edition of Australia's most popular fungi field guide there are over 130 fungal species, all with stunning full colour photographs and descriptive notes. Information includes identification, natural habitats and advice on edibility. The range of fungi is surprisingly vast, their colours and forms often beautiful. They truly represent an exciting part of nature to study. A must for interested botanists and bush walkers, and compact enough for the glove box or backpack.

About the author

Bruce Fuhrer is a highly regarded botanical photographer and author. In 1989 he was awarded the Australia Natural History Medallion. In 1991 he received an honorary M.Sc. from Monash University in Melbourne, where he worked for nearly 25 years in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. On his retirement in 1996 he was appointed an Honorary Research Associate at Monash. He is co-author and illustrator of several other botanical publications.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Introduction: characteristics, classification, ecology and distribution, editability, spore prints, names, visual key
• Glossary of terms
• Agarics (fungi with gills)
• Boletes (fleshy pore fungi)
• Clavarias (coral fungi)
• Gasteromycetes (puff-balls)
• Phalloids (stinkhorns)
• Hydnoid fungi (spine fungi)
• Polypores (woody pore fungi)
• Thelephores (leather fungi, shelf fungi)
• Jelly fungi
• Ascomycetes (cup fungi and their relatives)
• Selected list of Australian literature
• Index