Books and Papers ??

[SteveMcBill]

Dear All,

I am very new to the idea of using a compound microscope to aid in species identification (including areas beyond fungi) and my first ever compound (a Brunel SP500) arrives on Thursday (28/01/2016).

Currently my main interests and the reason for obtaining the compound are as follows: Mildews (Powdery & Downy), Smuts, Rusts and Slime moulds along with both Freshwater and Marine protozoans. Can I ask if anyone has any recommendations for Books/Keys/Papers covering these areas and especially aids to help species identification within these groups via the use of a compound microscope ?? I am sure my interests will expand, so if anyone can recommend anything covering ID of macro-fungi via the use of microscopy techniques then they will be potentially useful too.

Many thanks for any help you can provide.

Steve

[Lancashire Lad]

Hi Steve,

If you look through the various forums here on UK fungi, you will see that almost every forum has a sticky thread with recommended literature and websites for the particular mycological subject. (Microscopy tutorials etc. too).

Regards,

Mike.

EDIT – A couple of useful books with a particular emphasis on the microscopy techniques required are: –

How to Identify Mushrooms to Genus: Microscopic Features v. 3 – by D.L. Largent (Author), D Johnson (Author), Roy Watling (Author).

and

Hulton Group Keys: Identification of the Larger Fungi – 1973, by Roy Watling.

Both are out of print, but can usually be found on sites such as Amazon etc. etc.

[Ditiola]

Hi

I have been given a link to an internet forum page that has a huge amount of useful information for the beginner in mycological microscopy. OK it is directed towards gilled fungi but I am sure it will be of use to mycologists starting out on other groups as well.

The link is:

http://www.hyphalfusion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=138400&p=297276

[Lancashire Lad]

Ditiola wrote:

Hi

I have been given a link to an internet forum page that has a huge amount of useful information for the beginner in mycological microscopy. OK it is directed towards gilled fungi but I am sure it will be of use to mycologists starting out on other groups as well.

The link is:

http://www.hyphalfusion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=138400&p=297276

That is a useful link Peter, (already linked amongst the microscopy tutorials/primers posted here), but certainly worth another mention : –

http://www.fungi.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=108

Regards,

Mike.

[SteveMcBill]

Thanks Mike (LL) and Ditiola – very much appreciated and very helpful.

Cheers,

Steve

[diggleken]

Hi Steve,

you might find this useful too for many microscopic protozoans in Sphagnum – I use it to help with bog surveys – not in depth but good info and illustrations:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microscopic-Life-Sphagnum-Naturalists-Handbook/dp/0855462914

Cheers

Ken

[SteveMcBill]

Thanks Ken – appreciated – it is ordered.

Steve

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