Field Mycology

Field Mycology is a quarterly publication covering topics of interest to experienced field mycologists.  

BMS is moving to open access publication of Field Mycology in 2025; the November 2024 issue will be the final issue available in the current format. Find out more here.

 

Latest issue: Volume 25(4) November 2024

Field Mycology cover - November 2024

Front cover image Hygrocybe punicea, our largest species of red Waxcap. Piercefield Park, Chepstow, November 3 2024.

Photograph credit: Geoffrey Kibby.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

  • Editorial
  • Fungal Portrait No. 100: Russula blumiana – Geoffrey Kibby
  • Dissingia confusa new to Britain - Charles Aron
  • Leucopaxillus tricolor on offer at your local supermarket - Graham Mattock​​​​​​​
  • Cortinarius geraniolens and related species smelling of Pelargonium leaves - Andy Overall & Geoffrey Kibby
  • An important photograph of early mycologists - Editor’s note
  • New Publication: The genus Russula in Europe - 40 years of research - Werner Jurkeit​​​​​​​
  • Pluteus umbrosus var. albus, the white form of Velvet Shield - Jeremy Bartlett​​​​​​​
  • Amanita opaca and A. coryli, two closely related species present in the UK - Andy Overall & Geoffrey Kibby
  • Updates to our book: The genus Cortinarius in Britain - Mario Tortelli
  • The Kew Fungarium - Lee Davies
  • Readers’ Finds
  • Notes and Records - Alick Henrici
  • New Books: The Little Book of Fungi - Britt A. Bunyard; Flora Agaricina Neerlandica Vol. 8. Cortinarius Kuyper, T., de Haan, A. et al.

 

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Issues from 2021 and before are free to access via Elsevier ScienceDirect: here

 

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