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Printed Resources you should know about

• How the Mushroom Got its Spots. This booklet by Sue Assinder and Gordon Rutter was published jointly by the British Mycological Society and BBSRC. You can order a printed version (for free) at the BBSRC website: http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/society/schools/resources/Welcome.html

• The Fungi Name Trail  (2003) is a key to common fungi by Liz Holden and Kath Hamper in the form of a fold-out chart. Jointly published by the British Mycological Society and the Field Studies Council, it is available for purchase from the FSC website at http://www.field-studies-council.org/publications/
• Fungus Fred goes Foraying  is a story book by Maggie Hadley published by the British Mycological Society (2002) it is full of fungi facts and fun for children in the age range 7-11 years. It is available for mail-order purchase through the BMS. CLICK HERE to download an order form.

• Pocket Guide to Common Fungi leaflet is illustrated with startlingly realistic water colour paintings by Peter Thwaites. Produced jointly by Fungi for Fun and the British Mycological Society (2005).  It is available for mail-order purchase through the BMS. CLICK HERE to download an order form.

• Mycologist is a quarterly serial published by the British Mycological Society. It is a full-colour, international journal intended to advance and promote mycology through articles and features of general interest about fungi. Mycologist is a unique publication, providing articles in science, industry, conservation, socio- and medical mycology, and teaching.

• Field Mycology is a quarterly magazine published by the British Mycological Society. It provides articles about fungi of interest to the field mycologist, covering all aspects of identification, conservation, recording and collection, for all ages and all levels of expertise.

Resources on the Internet we can recommend

• A good website for resources for teachers and pupils learning about Microbiology is the Society for General Microbiology website at http://microbiologyonline.org.uk/.

• When you are looking for sources of information on microbiology you should refer to MISAC (Microbiology in Schools Advisory Committee), which has been producing educational materials about microbiology for schools for over 25 years. MISAC currently (this page dated below) produces two items at 16+ level: Misac Matters, which is a newsletter, and MISAC Briefings, which are class sheets on specific subjects. The next issue of Misac Matters contains an article on yeast and there is a Briefing on 'Food from Fungi' written by Susan Isaac and Margaret Whalley. They are available at www.microbiologyonline.org.uk/misac.
• Biology of Living Fungi a CD by Patrick D. Hickey and Nick D. Read. Published by the British Mycological Society, is a compilation of movies that illustrate key aspects of the cell biology of living filamentous fungi obtained using confocal microscopy. The CD features time-lapse sequences and 3D-reconstructions of fungal cells stained with fluorescent dyes and/or expressing Green Fluorescent Protein, photographs of fungi in their natural habitat and movies of bioluminescent mushrooms. This CD-ROM is a powerful educational tool to show the dynamic nature of fungal cells. The CD-ROM can be purchased from the Fungal Cell Biology Group website.
• study fungal growth kinetics using a user-friendly computer visualization of the most recent and most realistic mathematical model of fungal growth to generate 'cyber fungi' right there on your own computer. Visit David Moore's World of Fungi website.

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