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Britain's neglect of fungi as table delicacies has perhaps been responsible for our surprising ignorance of the natural history of such fascinating plants. Puff-balls, more than a foot in diameter; mouls in jam-pots; dry rot; truffles; these are examples of the wide range of the Group, comprising over 100,000 species.
Many are of economic importance - for example, the rusts that attack wheat and other crops, and the yeasts which ferment beer - and there are others of great biological interest, such as the mycorrhizal fungi which live in association with the roots of forest trees, orchids and other plants, and help them to absorp food from the soil. Penicillin, of course, has become a household word, and this book's final chapter on the industry is one of the best short accounts of the subject yet writtern.
Dr. Ramsbottom was for many years Keeper of Botany at the Natural History Museum, and has devoted his life to the study of fungi in all their aspects. He is equally at home in the field, the laboratory and the library. One of the special features of Mushrooms and Toadstools is the wealth of historical allusion to fungi extracted from old books.
Set out in a style reminiscent of Robert Burton, this colume can truly be described as a 20th century "Anatomy of Toadstool." Indeed, in fairy rings, science and superstition have gone hand in hand to produce a lively story of alternating surmise and research - and even today a full and final explanation of these mysterious rings has not yet been made.
Many of the larger toadstools are brightly coloured and lend themselves admirably to colour photography, as shown by the 80 remarkable illustrations by Mr Paul de Laszlo.
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1894-1974. Mycologist and museum curator, author of Mushrooms and Toadstools (1953). Mancunian, joined Natural History Museum as assistant in 1910 and remained there until 1950, for last 20 years as Keeper of Botany. Awarded OBE 1919 for service in army medical corps. A sociable man, a leading and loyal member of numerous societies to do with fungi, horticulture, roses and bibliography. One of the foremost promoters and popularisers of mycology, much in demand for lectures, forays and at congresses.
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MUSHROOMS & TOADSTOOLS: A STUDY OF THE ACTIVITIES OF FUNGI. By John Ramsbottom. Collins New Naturalist No. 7. Facsimile edition.
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2008). (1953) ND (2008) facsimile reprint. 8vo (150 x 222mm). Ppxiv,306. Colour photographs of fungi, b/w photographs, bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. Britain's "neglect of fungi as table delicacies has perhaps been responsible for our surprising ignorance of the natural history of such fascinating plants." John Ramsbottom, erstwhile Keeper of Botany at the Natural History Museum and fungi specialist, sets out to rectify our collective ignorance. Chapters include: Names; History; Habitats; Poisonous and edible fungi (two chapters); Mushroom growing; Growth; Spore production and spore characters; Sex; Fairy rings; Rhizomorphs and sclerotia; Ergot and cordyceps; Luminosity; Puff-balls and earth-stars; Stink-horns and other Phalloids; Grasslands, marshes and sand-dunes; Mycorrhiza and other fungal associations; Woodlands, dry rot; Bird's nest fungi and other gasteromycetes; Truffles; Penicillin. A splendid book, essential reading for any mushroom enthusiast. In 2008 Collins produced facsimile editions of the first ten volumes of the New Naturalist series. All are undated and identical in every respect to the first editions. This is one of those copies. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 75.00. Seller Inventory # 38423
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Hardcovers. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Facsimile Reprint. 320pp. A new copy of this Facsimile reprint. Superb condition. Illustrated with colour & b/w plates. Mushrooms and Toadstools is number seven in 'The New Naturalist' series. A super, new copy of this Facsimile. Seller Inventory # 224628
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