Fungi on Trees: A photographic reference

Fungi on Trees is a must have reference guide, featuring in-depth biographies of 100 species of fungi found on trees. Illustrated with more than 900 colour photographs.

Each species biography includes a description of the fruit body, details of where it is usually found, its potential effects and impact, and a list of similar species. Introductory chapters examine mycorrhizal fungi and their mutualism with trees, wood decay and tools for understanding it, unusual forms and abnormal states of fungal fruit bodies, techniques for photographing fungi, and microscopy.

Annual and perennial sections cover brackets, clubs and balls, coral fungi, crusts, cushions, jellies, mushrooms, polypores, slime moulds, toothed fungi.

The book is aimed at arboricultural professionals, and others with an interest in the subject, who want to improve their knowledge and understanding of fungi on trees. To quote from the introduction, “The core purpose of this book is to provide the necessary information to assist with the identification of species…… this is primarily a visual reference guide, supplemented by anecdotal observations on the impact of the relationship between certain fungi and trees.”

The species covered are primarily those of interest to those concerned with the management of trees. However, the quality of the high definition photographs which is exceptional by any standard, combined with the user friendly layout and useful information in the introductory chapters, make the book useful to a much wider audience.