Milk mushrooms of North America : a field identification guide to the genus Lactarius / Alan E. Bessette, David B. Harris, and Arleen R. Bessette.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bessette, Alan E.
Other Authors: Harris, David B. (David Bruce), 1951-, Bessette, Arleen R.
Language:English
Published: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2009.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Lactarius > North America > Identification > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Mushrooms > North America > Identification > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genre:
Identification
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Physical Description:xiii, 297 pages
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction to the genus Lactarius
  • The genus Lactarius defined
  • Identification features
  • Ecology
  • Edibility of Lactarius species
  • Notes on the descriptions of species and varieties
  • Field characteristics of Lactarius species
  • Information about the field keys to Lactarius species
  • Regional key to Lactarius species and their relatives
  • Key to eastern Lactarius species
  • Key to western Lactarius species
  • Species and varieties: descriptions and illustrations
  • Genera and species related to Lactarius
  • Hyperparasites of the genus Lactarius.