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Roger Phillips is one of the world’s leading mushroom specialists with over 40 years of expertise in studying fungi in the wild. Roger’s book, ‘Mushrooms’, first published in 2006, has been hugely successful, with more than 2 million copies sold worldwide in 7 European languages. In 1975 Roger Phillips began his life’s major work of photographing and publishing pictures of the World’s garden plants. Roger developed an encyclopedic collection of books to show the difference between plants as diverse as mosses, roses, and annuals using modern photographic techniques. Also, Roger Phillips was a contributor and co-author of many scientific and recreational articles. His entitled works, such as “Fungi will have a role in ridding the world of plastic” and “How to cut grocery bills and eat healthy.” Also, you can read his book about Mushrooms and all their types. It contains over 1250 photographs of mushrooms and fungi, often showing the specimens in various stages of growth, including all the latest botanical and common names and current ecological information on endangered species. Roger has written and presented two major six-part TV series on gardening (BBC & Channel 4). Famed for his ebullient personality and garish red glasses, he has become a well-recognized figure in gardening. Roger trained at Chelsea School of Art, from where he entered a career in advertising culminating in the position of art director at Ogilvy & Mather Advertising. He left O&M; to start a career as a freelance photographer, winning many awards before turning his photographic talents to the world of natural history.