Marcel Bon (17 March 1925 – 11 May 2014)http://fmbds.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/CAFAM-2014-CR-complet.pdf was one of France's best known field mycologists. He was born in

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in 1925 and came to

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through general

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, and

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. He lived at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, a quaint little town on the mouth of the river

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, in

, Northern

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, which was a former artists' and writers' retreat, and is now a popular tourist town. In 1987, along with two artists (John Wilkinson, and Denys Ovenden) he produced a comprehensive field guide for mycologists, ''The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe''. His other skills were as a pianist, an artist, and a skier.

Bibliography

*''The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North Western Europe'', Bon M., (1987) pub. Hodder and Stoughton. ** (paperback) ** (hardback). *''Les tricholomes de France et d'Europe occidentale'', Bon. M, (1984) pub. Lechevalier (Paris). *''Fungorum Rariorum Icones Coloratae, Part 15 Corinarius'', Bon. M, (1986) pub. Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd. *''Collins Pocket Guide; Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-Western Europe'' (Paperback), (2004) pub. HarperCollins Canada.

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Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-West Europe
1925 births French mycologists 2014 deaths {{France-botanist-stub

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