North American Mushrooms

Author: Orson K. Miller
Publisher: Falcon Press Publishing
ISBN: 9780762731091
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
With more than 600 brilliant color photographs, detailed line drawings, informative and illuminating descriptions, and critical identification keys, NORTH AMERICAN MUSHROOMS is the definitive guide to the fungi of the United States and Canada. This comprehensive book for expert and amateur alike offers tips on how, where, and when to collect wild mushrooms; suggestions for culinary uses; a section on mushroom toxins; and pictorial keys and glossaries to aid the user in precise identification. This is a must-have reference book for anyone interested in wild mushrooms, their uses, and their habitats.Dr. Orson K. Miller, Jr. is one of the preeminent mycologists in the United States. His wife and research partner, Hope H. Miller is the author of a wild mushroom cookbook.

Peterson Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America, Second Edition

Author: Karl B. McKnight
Publisher: Peterson Field Guides
ISBN: 0544236114
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 422

Book Description
A new approach to identifying mushrooms based on five key features that can be observed while in the field. Toadstools, truffles, boletes and morels, witches' butter, conks, corals, puffballs and earthstars: mushrooms are both mysterious and ecologically essential. They can also be either delicious or deadly. Thousands of different species of mushrooms appear across North America in the woods, backyards, and in unexpected corners. Learning to distinguish them is a rewarding challenge for a naturalist or chef. Covering most of the common edible and poisonous species readers are likely to encounter, this portable-sized field guide takes a new, simple approach to the method of mushroom identification based on key features that do not require a microscope or technical vocabulary. In addition to the watercolors from the original edition, hundreds more illustrations have been added. These paintings make use of the limited space available in a field guide and focus on the distinguishing details of each species, thereby serving as an ideal tool for beginner and intermediate mycologists alike.

Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America

Author: R. Michael Davis
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520271084
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 473

Book Description
Amateur mushroom collectors and mycologists alike will find over 300 species of the region's most distinctive and ecologically important mushrooms profiled in this comprehensive field guide.

North American Boletes

Author: Alan E. Bessette
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815605881
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 424

Book Description
North American Boletes is the first comprehensive guide to an extraordinary and highly prized group of mushrooms known for their beautiful colors, distinctive features, relative abundance, and edibility. The scope of this work goes beyond the identification of species. The authors consider the symbiotic relationship boletes share with higher plants and trees, their geographical distribution, and new information regarding the macrochemical test reactions of the boletes; they also describe several new species. The book’s unique combination of aesthetically appealing and scientifically accurate color photographs coupled with extensive descriptions makes it a standard reference work for bolete identification in North America. Special Features of the Book include: More than 450 color photographs illustrating more than 300 species Descriptions with accurate, updated nomenclature and a comments section that includes information on look-alike species and field observations Easy-to-follow keys constructed for both eastern and western North America that emphasize macroscopic features Nontechnical language and a glossary that make it an indispensable guide for professional as well as amateur mycologists Information on collecting, cooking, and preserving boletes

A Field Guide to Mushrooms

Author: Kent H. McKnight
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395910900
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 564

Book Description
Identifies over one thousand species with detailed descriptions and illustrations.

Mushrooms of Northeastern North America

Author: Alan Bessette
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 608

Book Description
This encyclopedic Volume, including nearly 1500 species and 650 color photographs, illustrates the diversity of mycoflora throughout northeastern North America. Professional and advanced mycologists will welcome the inclusion of microscopic features, chemical reagent data, information on classification, and author citations. The user-friendly keys and nontechnical language will appeal to the novice mushroom collector, as will the introductory information on fungal anatomy, collecting techniques, and mushroom cooking and preservation.

The North American Guide to Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms

Author: Nancy J. Turner
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 160469145X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 376

Book Description
If people knew how many poisonous plants are commonly found in homes and gardens, they'd be shocked. Plants as common as monkshood, castorbean, and oleander are not just dangerous, they're deadly. The North American Guide to Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms is a comprehensive, easy-to-use handbook. The book is split into four main categories: mushrooms, wild plants, ornamental and crop plants, and houseplants. Each plant entry includes a clear photograph to aid the task of identification, a description of the plant, notes on where they commonly occur, and a description of their toxic properties. Plants are listed by common name to assist the non-specialist.

Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America

Author: Roger Phillips
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781554076512
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A guidebook to 1,000 specimens of mushrooms, photographed to show the cap, stem, gills, spines and a cross section, usually in various stages of growth.

Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States

Author: Alan E. Bessette
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815631125
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description
This book is a comprehensive field guide to the mushrooms of the southeastern United States. Although it will stand on its own, it is intended to compliment and serve as a companion to Mushrooms of Northeastern North America, also published by Syracuse University Press. Together these volumes form a foundation and reference for identifying mushrooms found in eastern North America from Canada to the subtropics of Florida and Texas. This book features more than 450 species that are fully described and illustrated with photographs, many for the first time in color. The photographs were selected for high-quality color fidelity and documentary merit, and reflect some of the aesthetic appeal of our subject. The number of species described and illustrated in color is substantially more than has previously appeared in any other single work devoted to the mushrooms of the southeastern United States. Cross referencing to additional species occuring in the region that are illustrated in Mushrooms of Northeastern North America is provided. Although this book contains the necessary detail required by advanced students and professional mycologists, it emphasizes identification based primarily on macroscopic field characters for easier use by a general audience. Each illustrated species is accompanied by a detailed description of macroscopic and microscopic features based on the concepts of their original authors.

Milk Mushrooms of North America

Author: Alan E. Bessette
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 328

Book Description
"A field guide to the milk mushrooms of North America. Featuring over 150 species and varieties, it includes detailed descriptions and more than 250 photographs. Suitable for both amateur mushroom enthusiasts and professional mycologists, it includes sections for species related to Lactarius and hyperparasites of the genus." -- Publisher's description.