What We Are Reading Today: ‘Fungi of Temperate Europe’

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Updated 19 December 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Fungi of Temperate Europe’

  • These stunningly illustrated scientific keys offer a revolutionary approach to identification

Authors: THOMAS LAESSOE, JENS H PETERSEN, TOBIAS GULDBERG FROSLEV, AND JACOB HEILMANN-CLAUSEN

The basidiomycetes comprise some of the best-known groups in the Kingdom of Fungi, including most mushrooms prized by mushroom hunters.

“Fungi of Temperate Europe” covers more than 4,600 species found in the region.

These stunningly illustrated scientific keys offer a revolutionary approach to identification. Incisive descriptions provide information on everything from distinguishing characteristics and morphology to ecology and distribution.