Description

A visual introduction to New Zealand's 19,000 species mushroom and fungi.

This includes some extraordinarily diverse types, from the familiar 'mushroom' to brackets, coral and cup fungi and slime moulds. Over a hundred species are presented here, with spectacular close-up colour photographs accompanying each entry.

The ideal size for slipping into a backpack when walking through bush and forest; it will appeal to walkers, nature lovers, tour guides and educators, and fungi photographers wishing to identify their subjects.

Dr Geoff Ridley has led a long and distinguished career in the study of fungi. The former curator of the Mycological Herbarium at Forest Research, Rotorua, he currently holds the post of Science Manager: New Organisms at ERMA New Zealand in Wellington, and he has authored/co-authored several scientific papers on fungi.

Don Horne's remarkable photographs of fungi (as well as his shots of insects, spiders and other invertebrates) have appeared in a range of outdoors and conservation publications.