Mushrooms: How to Identify and Gather Wild Mushrooms and Other Fungi

An authoritative field guide to more than 450 species of wild mushrooms from around the world, Mushrooms shows the life cycle and features of a mushroom, what supplies are needed for mushroom foraging, and how to take a spore deposit.

A photographic field guide forms the heart of the book, providing information on size, range, and habitat; clear images and illustrations of specimens; and information on what's poisonous and what's edible — making this the ultimate guide to mushrooms.

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Mushrooms: How to Identify and Gather Wild Mushrooms and Other Fungi

An authoritative field guide to more than 450 species of wild mushrooms from around the world, Mushrooms shows the life cycle and features of a mushroom, what supplies are needed for mushroom foraging, and how to take a spore deposit.

A photographic field guide forms the heart of the book, providing information on size, range, and habitat; clear images and illustrations of specimens; and information on what's poisonous and what's edible — making this the ultimate guide to mushrooms.

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Mushrooms: How to Identify and Gather Wild Mushrooms and Other Fungi

Mushrooms: How to Identify and Gather Wild Mushrooms and Other Fungi

by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
Mushrooms: How to Identify and Gather Wild Mushrooms and Other Fungi

Mushrooms: How to Identify and Gather Wild Mushrooms and Other Fungi

by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff

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An authoritative field guide to more than 450 species of wild mushrooms from around the world, Mushrooms shows the life cycle and features of a mushroom, what supplies are needed for mushroom foraging, and how to take a spore deposit.

A photographic field guide forms the heart of the book, providing information on size, range, and habitat; clear images and illustrations of specimens; and information on what's poisonous and what's edible — making this the ultimate guide to mushrooms.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781465408556
Publisher: DK
Publication date: 07/15/2013
Pages: 360
Sales rank: 27,989
Product dimensions: 7.60(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction

What is a fungus? 6

Features of fruitbodies 8

Caps, stems, and gilts 10

Spore color and fruitbody size 12

Identification key 14

Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms

How this book works 24

Ascomycota

Morchellaceae 26

Helvellaceae 29

Discinaceae 30

Sarcoscyphaceae 31

Pezizaceae 32

Pyronemataceae 35

Tuberaceae 40

Geoglossaceae 42

Helotiaceae 43

Sclerotiniaceae 47

Rutstroemiaceae 47

Leotiaceae 48

Bulgariaceae 49

Xylariaceae 50

Cordycipitaceae 53

Ophiocordycipitaceae 53

Basidiomycota

Auriculariaceae 55

Clavulinaceae 57

Hydnaceae 58

Cantharellaceae 59

Clavariadelphaceae 61

Gomphaceae 61

Auriscalpiaceae 64

Hericiaceae 65

Stereaceae 67

Bondarzewiaceae 69

Russutaceae 70

Thelephoraceae 96

Bankeraceae 97

Hymcnochaetaceae 101

Repetobasidiaceae 105

Schizoporaceae 106

Clavariaceae 106

Typhulaceae 108

Cyphellaceae 109

Fistulinaceae 110

Schizophyllaceae 110

Pleurotaceae 111

Hygrophoraceae 113

Hydnangiaceae 124

Tricholomataceae 126

Physalachaceae 153

Lyophyllaceae 156

Marasmiaceae 161

Mycenaceae 184

Amanitaceae 197

Agaricaceae 209

Psathyrellaceae 234

Bolbitiaceae 241

Strophariaceae 242

Cortinariaceae 257

Inocybaceae 278

Entolomataceae 287

Pluteaceae 293

Gloeophyllaceae 298

Sparassidaceae 298

Meruliaceae 299

Ganodermataceae 300

Polyporaceae 302

Fomitopsidaceae 314

Meripilaceae 319

Coniophoraceae/Serpulaceae 321

Paxillaceae 322

Tapinellaceaer 322

Hygrophoropsidaceae 323

Gomphidiaceae 323

Boletaceae 325

Sclerodermataceae 340

Gyroporaceae 341

Suillaceae 343

Phallaceae 347

Geastraceae 350

Tremellaceae 353

Dacrymycetaceae 354

Glossary 355

Index 356

Acknowledgments 360

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