Mushrooms of the Southeast / Todd F. Elliott and Steven L. Stephenson.

"Mushrooms of the Southeast is a compact, beautifully illustrated guide packed with descriptions and photographs of more than 400 of the region's most important mushrooms. The geographic range covered by the book includes northern Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware,...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Timber Press field guide.
Main Authors: Elliott, Todd F. (Author)
Stephenson, Steven L. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2018.
Series:Timber Press field guide.
Subjects:
Mushrooms > Southern States > Identification.
Mushrooms.
Southern States.
Field guides.
Genre:
Identification.
Field guides.
Physical Description:407 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction. Overview of the region ; Southeastern fungi and their role in the environment ; Mushrooms as medicine, food, and nutrition ; Mushroom toxins ; Morphology of mushrooms ; What's in a mushroom name? ; Collecting and studying mushrooms
  • The mushrooms
  • Ascomycetes. Entomopathogenic fungi ; Morels and relatives ; Cup fungi ; Club fungi ; Plant pathogens ; Truffles ; Mycoparasites ; Wood mounds
  • Basidiomycetes. Gilled mushrooms ; Boletes and relatives ; Coral fungi and relatives ; Polypores and relatives ; Crust fungi, rusts, and smuts ; Puffballs, false truffles, earthstars, stinkhorns, and Bird's Nest fungi ; Jelly fungi ; Tooth fungi
  • Slime molds (Myxomycetes)
  • Glossary
  • Recommended reading
  • Photo and illustration credits
  • Index.