Posted by Graham Bailey on February 1, 2007 at 5:45 PM
I haven't posted in a while because I've been trying to get my website sorted out. Its now all up and running so all I'm lacking now is new material. This is a shot from last autumn. I don't have a decent field guide for fungi so I have no idea on the ID - can anyone recommend a good book for fungi?
A superb fungi identification book is Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe by Roger Philips.It's very reasonibly priced at £14.99 (Soft cover) possibly even less on Amazon.
I believe it's widely regarded as being one of the best I.D. guides available.
Like your shot very much with the way the different layers of fungi lead your eye up through the frame.Can't help with the I.D. though I'm afraid as I don't have my book in front of me at the moment.
Posted by Elliott Neep on February 2, 2007 at 5:00 AM
Hi Graham,
I like the fungi shot. Nicely focussed on the wavey edges. My comment would be that there is maybe a few distractions with the background. I would play around with cropping this image and see if you can remove the distractions behind and the leaf litter in front. Try and really focus on the fungi formation. As for ID I would look at the Psathyrella family.
Good books: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FUNGI OF BRITAIN & EUROPE by Michael Jordan
POCKET NATURE: FUNGI (BRITAIN & NORTHWEST EUROPE) by Shelley Evans &
Geoffrey Kibby
The book mentioned by Justin above is also very good.
Look at the following website too:
http://www.fungiphotos.com/
http://www.first-nature.com
http://www.in2.dk/fungi/
Posted by Sean Bolton on February 2, 2007 at 7:59 AM
Hi Graham
Roger Phillips (as mentioned by Justin) also has a very good website for fungi.
Discussion
3 repliescheers,
Graham
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A superb fungi identification book is Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe by Roger Philips.It's very reasonibly priced at £14.99 (Soft cover) possibly even less on Amazon.
I believe it's widely regarded as being one of the best I.D. guides available.
Like your shot very much with the way the different layers of fungi lead your eye up through the frame.Can't help with the I.D. though I'm afraid as I don't have my book in front of me at the moment.
I like the fungi shot. Nicely focussed on the wavey edges. My comment would be that there is maybe a few distractions with the background. I would play around with cropping this image and see if you can remove the distractions behind and the leaf litter in front. Try and really focus on the fungi formation. As for ID I would look at the Psathyrella family.
Good books: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FUNGI OF BRITAIN & EUROPE by Michael Jordan
POCKET NATURE: FUNGI (BRITAIN & NORTHWEST EUROPE) by Shelley Evans &
Geoffrey Kibby
The book mentioned by Justin above is also very good.
Look at the following website too:
http://www.fungiphotos.com/
http://www.first-nature.com
http://www.in2.dk/fungi/
Roger Phillips (as mentioned by Justin) also has a very good website for fungi.
Roger Phillip's website
cheers
Sean