The culmination of over thirty years` work, this authoritative & superbly illustrated reference work is packed with the most up-to-date information & original photographs. Set to become the essential illustrated mycological encyclopedia for the next 25 years, this book is also clear, user friendly & will appeal to a wide range of readers. Unsurpassed in both illustrative & descriptive detail, Mushrooms contains over 1, 250 photographs, often showing the specimens in various stages of growth, & including all the latest botanical & common names as well as current ecological information on endangered species. Having sold more than 750, 000 copies in Europe of his previous title on mushrooms, Roger Phillips` new book once again sets the benchmark. Quite simply, nobody with an interest in the subject can afford to be without this book. ` Roger Phillips has written the best mushroom book I know: the sublime taxonomic accuracy of his descriptions & photographs, combined with an evangelical & infectious passion for the subject, will make an instant mycophile of anyone who picks it up.` Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall `A masterpiece of identification.` David Bellamy