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

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Know your Agaricaceae from your Xylariaceae and learn how to forage for (or avoid) hundreds of mushrooms, toadstools, and fungi with this beautifully illustrated guide.

 

Mushrooms contains all the information you need to identify over 450 species of fungi from all around the world. Clear photographs of each kind of mushroom and their cross-sections are accompanied by annotations and descriptions, along with scale illustrations and identification charts to help you to name mushrooms you find or hope to search for.

 

Learn about the different anatomical sections and features of fungi, then categorize and identify your own foraging finds through extensive, but easy-to-use, visual ID guides. Key information on habitat, fruiting, and which types of mushrooms are poisonous and which are edible.

 

The ultimate companion for fungi enthusiasts, Mushrooms is ideal for amateurs and experts alike.

Table of Contents:

Introduction -- What is a fungus? -- Features of fruitbodies -- Caps, stems, and gilts -- Spore color and fruitbody size -- Identification key -- Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms -- How this book works -- Ascomycota -- Morchellaceae -- Helvellaceae -- Discinaceae -- Sarcoscyphaceae -- Pezizaceae -- Pyronemataceae -- Tuberaceae -- Geoglossaceae -- Helotiaceae -- Sclerotiniaceae -- Rutstroemiaceae -- Leotiaceae -- Bulgariaceae -- Xylariaceae -- Cordycipitaceae -- Ophiocordycipitaceae -- Basidiomycota -- Auriculariaceae -- Clavulinaceae -- Hydnaceae -- Cantharellaceae -- Clavariadelphaceae -- Gomphaceae -- Auriscalpiaceae -- Hericiaceae -- Stereaceae -- Bondarzewiaceae -- Russutaceae -- Thelephoraceae -- Bankeraceae -- Hymcnochaetaceae -- Repetobasidiaceae -- Schizoporaceae -- Clavariaceae -- Typhulaceae -- Cyphellaceae -- Fistulinaceae -- Schizophyllaceae -- Pleurotaceae -- Hygrophoraceae -- Hydnangiaceae -- Tricholomataceae -- Physalachaceae -- Lyophyllaceae -- Marasmiaceae -- Mycenaceae -- Amanitaceae -- Agaricaceae -- Psathyrellaceae -- Bolbitiaceae -- Strophariaceae -- Cortinariaceae -- Inocybaceae -- Entolomataceae -- Pluteaceae -- Gloeophyllaceae -- Sparassidaceae -- Meruliaceae -- Ganodermataceae -- Polyporaceae -- Fomitopsidaceae -- Meripilaceae -- Coniophoraceae/Serpulaceae -- Paxillaceae -- Tapinellaceaer -- Hygrophoropsidaceae -- Gomphidiaceae -- Boletaceae -- Sclerodermataceae -- Gyroporaceae -- Suillaceae -- Phallaceae -- Geastraceae -- Tremellaceae -- Dacrymycetaceae -- Glossary -- Index -- Acknowledgments.



DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world's leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House, formed on July 1, 2013. DK publishes highly visual, photographic nonfiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 87 countries and in 62 languages, with offices in Delhi, London, Melbourne, Munich, New York, and Toronto. DK's aim is to inform, enrich, and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. 

DK Publishing

Pub Date: July 15, 2013

1.2" H x 9.3" L x 7.3" W

360 pages

hardcover