He taught mycology at Aarhus University for more than 20 years and is the author of The Kingdom of Fungi (Princeton). the greatest strength of Fungi of Temperate Europe lies in its illustrations, which, I repeat, are simply glorious. The books are divided into 80 "form groups" each starting with an innovative comparison wheel with guiding photos, distinguishing characteristics and drawings of essential microscopic features.

Steve Trudell, Mycophile "With its unprecedentedly broad taxonomic coverage, Fungi of Temperate Europe aims to provide a comprehensive overview of fungal species in Europe.The text, including the usual introductory section on fungal lives and identification, is, allowing for its international flavour, excellent. It is very useful both for professionals and for everyone interested in this fascinating group of organisms. It contains brief descriptions, up-to-date taxonomic names, and keys to identification based on innovative “fungal wheels. The books are divided into eighty “form groups,” each starting with an innovative comparison wheel with guiding photos, distinguishing characteristics and drawings of essential microscopic features.

With the new DNA-based techniques, fungi can be detected from any medium, including wood and soil samples. There are roughly 7,000 colour photographs (yes, you read that right), many of them occupying a third or a half of a page. Daniel Dvořák, Petr Hrouda, Czech Mycology "One of the best comprehensive fungal guides for this European region currently available . You get used to the faintly odd language, some of which is not in the glossary: for example, ‘meteoric’ (meaning, I think, appearing in sudden spasms at long intervals), ‘sordid’ (dirty-looking), ‘speciose’ (a genus with lots of species in it), ‘turgid’ (fresh and swollen with fluid).something all field mycologists who see it will want to have on the bench near their microscopes when making identifications. The arrangement, in groups of broadly similar-looking species, is user-friendly (for example, ’little brown mushrooms’, ‘clustered polypores’, ‘spiny corticoids’, ‘perennial, pale-fleshed white-rotters’ etc). This is a really practical book that will be a boon to field mycologists, especially in temperate regions. It is a splendid example [sic] how to present the multitude of forms in a way that makes identification possible and fun, while at the same time showing the beauty and diversity of fungi.

Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber, Osterreiche Zeitschrift fuer Mykologie "[A]nyone who has an interest in mushrooms should own this . The books are divided into eighty 'form groups', each starting with an innovative comparison wheel with guiding photos, distinguishing characteristics and drawings of essential microscopic features. For temperate Europe we estimate that the total number of species is higher than 20,000 and the number of fruitbody-forming fungi is at least 6,000 - 9,000 (including about 2,000 species of lichens). Revealing the world of fungi in all its splendour, Fungi of Temperate Europe is a must-have resource for any amateur or professional mycologist. Remarkably few field guides bother to do this, and so this aspect of the book gets a gold star from me.Many thousands of colour photographs throughout, some colour diagrams, a very few b/w line illustrations, 14-page bibliography. The authors are both English-speaking Danes, and Laessoe, at least, has worked in Britain and knows British fungi.