6 OCTOBER 1961, Page 17

EDIBLE FUNGI

SIR,—In a recent 'Consuming Interest' article, Leslie Adrian pointed out that there is no adequate handbook available for identifying British mush- rooms and toadstools and for distinguishing the edible from the poisonous.

His readers may be interested to know that we will be publishing just such a guide, of pocketable format and illustrated with 96 colour plates, early next year.

M. WALTER