- Title
- Fungi and Lichens of the Limpopo Valley and Mapungubwe National Park
- Creator
- van der Walt, Retha, Dames, Joanna F, Hawley-McMaster, Greer
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- book
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/453434
- Identifier
- vital:75254
- Identifier
- ISBN 9780620904056
- Description
- This is a 376 paged soft-cover book. With more than 1400 photographs for easy identification with disk included. With Maps, introduction glossary of terms and pictures. With descriptions and illustrations. Detailed introductory chapters for fungi and lichens sections. Information on more than 290 different local macro-fungi, lichen and slime mould species - including various novel spe-cies. Many of these may, however, occur widely in the rest of Africa and further afield. Chapters dealing with 15 different morphological groups. A succinct and descriptive text including information on the distinguishing features, ecology, distribution and edibility of species. English and Afrikaans common names. De-scription of families and genera. More than 1400 colour photographs (including a DVD) which allow detailed viewing as a further aid to identification. A detailed glossary of terms and picture glossary. A step-by-step guide to the collection of specimens. A map and background of the study area. Information on the early Mapungubwe civilization.
- Format
- 376 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Van der Walt, R., Dames, J. and Hawley-McMaster, G., 2020. Fungi and Lichens of the Limpopo Valley and Mapungubwe National Park. Retha van der Walt
- Rights
- Publisher
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the authors
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