Literature & resources for Fungi on Misc. Substrates

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May 22, 2015 at 6:33 pm #29377
Lancashire Lad
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NB: Any links to book details are for information only, and confer no allegiance to any specific supplier. Books may be obtained from other suppliers from whom prices and availability may differ.

Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates – An Identification Handbook (New Enlarged Edition).

By Martin B. Ellis and J, Pamela Ellis. This edition published 1998, 246 pages, hardback.

Includes host-substrate sections for: bryophytes, fungi, myxomycetes, burnt ground, charcoal, soil, dung, bones, feathers, paper, cloth, etc.

Contains descriptions of about 750 species, accompanied by over 500 b/w line illustrations, extensive keys, and glossary.

Now out of print – but highly recommended if you can track down a copy at reasonable price!

Keys to Fungi on Dung – By M.J. Richardson and Roy Watling. Published 1997. 68 pages, softback.

Contains extensive keys, along with 86 b/w line illustrations.

Again out of print, but well worth tracking down for those with an interest.

A usable PDF download of the book can be had via the BMS website, here: –

~~http://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/files/5513/3026/1433/Keys_to_Fungi_on_Dung-category%202%20%20Keys%20useful%20but%20not%20current..pdf” class=”bbcode_url”>~~http://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/files/5513/3026/1433/Keys_to_Fungi_on_Dung-category%202%20%20Keys%20useful%20but%20not%20current..pdf

Regards,

Mike.
May 29, 2015 at 6:33 pm #34443
jimmymac2
Looks interesting! I never new there were so many species of fungi on miscellaneous substrates!
July 12, 2015 at 11:11 pm #34444
adampembs
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There is an online key to food fungi here (its quite old (1984) but is all I’ve bee nable to find with a quick search https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vMpVKtRLht4C&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=keys+to+food+fungi&source=bl&ots=416Cjqczc8&sig=pDGDqf9Ys0ai_3MNbTVq_sDHb-I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LeqiVdrpF8qy7QbC8ZfQCA&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAQ” class=”bbcode_url”>https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vMpVKtRLht4C&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=keys+to+food+fungi&source=bl&ots=416Cjqczc8&sig=pDGDqf9Ys0ai_3MNbTVq_sDHb-I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LeqiVdrpF8qy7QbC8ZfQCA&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAQ
July 19, 2015 at 9:38 pm #34445
Lancashire Lad
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A useful key for fungi that grow on other fungi. (PDF Download): – ~~http://home.comcast.net/~grifola/fungionfungi.pdf” class=”bbcode_url”>~~http://home.comcast.net/~grifola/fungionfungi.pdf

And one for some that grow on Myxomycetes: – ~~http://www.ascofrance.com/uploads/forum_file/32-Rogerson-Stephenson-1993-0001.pdf” class=”bbcode_url”>~~http://www.ascofrance.com/uploads/forum_file/32-Rogerson-Stephenson-1993-0001.pdf

Regards,

Mike.
November 30, 2016 at 8:25 am #34446
Pitufo
Information on hyphomycetes from the University of Adelaide. The main focus is on pathogens but there seems to be plenty of crossover

http://mycology.adelaide.edu.au/Fungal_Descriptions/

And a quiz… http://mycology.adelaide.edu.au/virtual/
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