Ramsbottom, John. A Handbook of the Larger British Fungi. Based on the Guide to Sowerby’s Models of British Fungi in the Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History) by Worthington George Smith.
6th. Rep. Pub. British Museum. 1961 pp.iv, 222 with 141 b/w. text figs. 8vo. Ex-Lib. Signatures to front endpapers. Fine hardback.
£5.00 [ref: 70832]

Rayner, R.W. (et al). British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti. Part 9: Russulaceae: Lactarius
1st. Pub. Royal Bot. Garden Edinburgh. 2005 pp.iv, 202 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Gift inscription to reverse of front cover. Fine softback with ‘Flora of British Fungi. Colour Identification Chart’ published by H.M.S.O. in 1969, loosely inserted.
The Russulaceae contains two genera, Lactarius and Russula, the first of these being dealt with here, together with the characters of the family.
£28.00 [ref: 65989]

Ryvarden, L. The Polyporaceae of North Europe. Volumes 1 & 2.
1st. Ed. Pub. Fungiflora. 1976-1978 Two volume set with b/w. photos., and line drawings. 8vo. Softback set. From the library of Drs. Patrick & Joyce Andrews with his occasional neat notes and underlinings in text. Scarce.
Volume 1: Albatrellus - Incrustoporia, Volume 2: Inonotus - Tyromyces.
£85.00 [ref: 58740]

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Shorten, D. Guides for the Amateur Mycologist. No. 4. Guide for the Kitchen Collector Preservation and Cooking of Fungi.
Pub. Brit. Myc. Soc. 1994 pp.44 with figs. 8vo. Softback. Nr. fine.
£5.00 [ref: 41218]

Singer, Rolf. Keys for the Determination of the Agaricales.
Pub. Weinheim. 1962 pp.64. A fine softback in gently sunned covers.
£20.00 [ref: 48784]

Smith, A.H. Mushrooms in their Natural Habitats.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Hafner Press. [1973] pp.626 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Neatly stamped ‘Damaged’ to edge of text block but no damage apparent. Thor. vg. hardback.
A detailed study of native North American mushrooms. This edition was printed without the photographs that appeared in the first edition.
£60.00 [ref: 58733]

Smith, W.G. Guide to Sowerby’s Models of British Fungi. In the Department of Botany.
2nd. Rev. Ed. Pub. British Museum (Natural History). 1908 pp.85 with numerous b/w. illus. 8vo. Softback. Very minor foxing, o/w. contents in vg. condition. Front cover lightly marked, rear cover missing but still a good copy.
£5.00 [ref: 54811]

Spooner, B.M. et al. Ascomycetes Supplement, A to C.
Rep. Pub. The British Mycological Society 1980-1981 Three articles reprinted from the Transactions of the British Mycological Society, with b/w. line drawings. 8vo. Softback in fine condition.
The articles collected in this supplement are: 1. New Records and Species of British Microfungi. (B.M. Spooner 1981); 2. New and interesting Microfungi from the 1978 Exeter Foray. (D.L. Hawksworth and D.W. Minter 1980); 3. The Genus Morenoina in Great Britain. ( J. Pamela Ellis 1980).
£10.00 [ref: 59718]

Sterry, Paul. Fungi of Britain and Northern Europe. Field Naturalist’s Library.
Pub. Bounty Books. 2011 pp.160 with colour illus. and photos. throughout. 8vo. Crease to title page o/w. a fine softback.
Describes more than 250 commonly seen species, each illustrated in colour. With individual calendar charts showing when the fruit bodies are present. Sections on similar species which provide key field identification tips.
£7.50 [ref: 69170]

Sutton, B.C. (Ed). A Century of Mycology.
Pub. Mycology Society. 1996 pp.xi, 398 with b/w. photographs and other figs. and maps. A nr. fine copy in illus. boards. With dedication to Jack Marriott from the British Mycological Society.
Commemorating the centenary of the British Mycological Society, founded in 1896, this book gives an account of the British contribution to mycology, both at professional and amateur level. It is introduced by an overview of the British contribution to pioneering work on aquatic hypomycetes and tropical mycology.
£50.00 [ref: 41030]