The Australasian Pezizales in the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

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The Australasian Pezizales in the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

By Rifai, M. A.

SKU# 18864

$ 35.00

Pp. 295; 292 text-figures.  Original printed cream color wrappers, lettered in brown on the spine and front cover, green pictorial dust jacket lettered in white on the spine and front cover, sm 4to.  In: Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, second series, volume 57, no. 3.  The text is in English.  The Pezizales are an order of the subphylum Pezizomycotina within the phylum Ascomycota.  The order contains 16 families, 199 genera, and 1683 species.  It contains some species of economic importance, such as morels, the black and white truffles, and the desert truffles (from Wiki).  This volume presents the species from Australasia.  The work is from the collection of mycologist Nancy S. Weber and was given to her by W. C. Denison in 1997 (the inscription is on the title page).

Publisher N. V. Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappu
Publisher Place Amsterdam
Date Published 1968
Date Published Estimated No
Edition First edition
Number of Volumes 1
Reprint No
Condition Very good
Condition Description Some chipping to the top edges of the dust jacket, a clean copy in very good condition.
ISBN
Limited Edition