Author(s): Bruce Fuhrer
Offers fungi, photographed in their natural environment, with information on fungal biology, ecology, classification, distribution. This book also presents the roles of fungi in nature and spore prints. Descriptions give size range, shape and habitat information as well as spore print colour, spore descriptions and a pictorial guide to groups.
Bruce Fuhrer is a well known naturalist and one of Australia's leading botanical photographers. He is the author, co-author and illustrator of several botanical publications on fungi, mosses liverworts and wildflowers. He worked in the School of Biology at Monash University for 25 years and was awarded an Honorary Master of Science degree by Monash University in 1988. In 1989 he was awarded The Australian Natural History medallion.