Ing, Bruce. Biodiversity in the North West: The Rusts and Smuts of Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and the Isle of Man.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Chester Press. 2022 pp.x, 89 with colour photos. 8vo. New softback.
After a short introduction to the biology of rusts and smuts, the physical and biological environment of the North West and the Isle of Man is described. The main part of the book is a detailed catalogue of all the species recorded in the region.
£10.99 [ref: 68139]

Ing, Bruce. Biodiversity in the North West: The Slime Moulds of Cheshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Chester Press. 2011 pp.x,76 with colour photos. and dist maps. 8vo. New softback.
A detailed catalogue of all the species ever recorded in the district. The records date back into the 19th century but are mostly concentrated in the last 40 years.
£11.99 [ref: 59370]

Ing, Bruce. Biodiversity in the North West: The Slime Moulds of Lancashire and Cumbria.
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Chester Press. 2020 pp.viii, 76 with colour photos. 8vo. New softback.
A companion volume to ‘The Slime Moulds of Cheshire’, this is a detailed catalogue of all the species ever recorded in the region. The records date back to the nineteenth century but are mostly concentrated in the last sixty years, up to the present.
£10.99 [ref: 59369]

Ing, Bruce. The Fungi of North East Wales: A Mycota for Vice-Counties 50 (Denbighshire) and 51 (Flintshire).
1st. Ed. Pub. Uni. of Chester Press. 2020 pp.ix, 301 with colour photos. 4to. New softback.
A detailed account of all the groups of organisms that now and in the past have been considered to be fungi, which have been recorded in North East Wales. The records began in the late eighteenth century but the systematic recording started in 1969, when the author first came to the area.
£19.99 [ref: 68142]

Ing, Bruce. The Myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland. An Identification Handbook.
Enl. Ed. Rep. Pub. Uni. of Chester Press. 2024 pp.xxiv, 374 with colour photos. and line drawings. 8vo. New softback.
‘A reprint of the enlarged 2020 edition with a 20-page supplement including new species, together with 54 colour photos. It is a guide to the British and Irish species, including keys, descriptions, and illustrations showing the diagnostic features along with introductory chapters on life history, structure, ecology and distribution, collecting, techniques and preservation.’
£27.99 [ref: 68141]

Johnson, O. & More, D. Collins Tree Guide.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2004 pp.464 with colour plates throughout. 8vo. New softback. RRP £19.99
Over 1,500 trees described. Each major tree group contains a list of key species and at-a-glance checklists of the most important species and features to look for. Detailed text is clearly designed for quick and accurate identification.
£18.00 [ref: 68332]

Killick, J. (et al). The Flora of Oxfordshire.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pisces. 1998 pp.xii, 386 with colour photos., and b/w. dist. maps. 4to. New hardback in dw. Out-of-print. RRP £45.00.
Includes comphrehensive information on the distribution, habitats and status of flowering plants, ferns, mosses and liverworts.
£20.00 [ref: 55340]

Kirby, Keith. Woodland Flowers. British Wildlife Collection No. 8.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bloomsbury. 2020 pp.400 with colour photos. and illus. 4to. New hardback in new dw. RRP £85.00.
A fascinating, original account. Keith Kirby examines how woodland plants in Britain have come to be where they are, how they tolerate grazing, the challenges they face through the seasons and how they respond to storms, fires, droughts and floods. Along the way, the work of important botanists who have studied woodlands in the past is presented to the reader.
£76.50 [ref: 58643]

Knapp, S. Potted Histories. An Artistic Voyage Through Plant Exploration.
Pub. Scriptum Editions. 2003 pp. 336 with colour plates throughout. 4to. New hardback. RRP £45.00.
This book covers how plants have adopted remarkable behaviours for survival in a variety of harsh habitats. It also tells the remarkable stories of the adventurous botanist explorers who braved disease, slave traders, war, jungles and other dangers to collect plants now commonly grown in our own gardens.
£25.00 [ref: 49911]

Koopowitz, H. Orchids and their Conservation.
1st. Ed. Pub. Batsford. 2001 pp. 176 with colour photographs throughout. 4to. A very nr. fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print.
Considers the natural history of orchids, threats to them, both in the natural environment and commercially, and how they can be conserved.
£12.00 [ref: 54498]