Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America - R. Michael Davis, Robert Sommer, John A. Menge

Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America

Buch | Hardcover
472 Seiten
2012
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-27107-4 (ISBN)
59,95 inkl. MwSt
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California and the Western States are rich in abundant and diverse species of mushrooms. This title presents over 300 species of the region's most common, distinctive, and ecologically important mushrooms. It focuses on the role of fungi in the natural world, methods to identify species, and locations of mushroom habitats.
California and the Western States are rich in abundant and diverse species of mushrooms. Amateur mushroom collectors and mycologists alike will find over 300 species of the region's most common, distinctive, and ecologically important mushrooms profiled in this comprehensive field guide. It provides the most up-to-date science on the role of fungi in the natural world, methods to identify species, and locations of mushroom habitats. With excellent color illustrations showing top and side views of mushrooms of the Western States and a user-friendly text, it is informative but still light enough to be carried into the woods. When used to identify mushrooms, keys bring the reader to individual species, with a descriptive text providing cues for identifying additional species. Mushrooms common in urban landscapes are included, which is especially useful for the casual encounter with backyard fungi. The guide also provides a table of both old and new species names, and information on edibility and look-alikes, both dangerous and benign. A section on mushroom arts and crafts features mushroom photography, painting, philately, spore prints, dyes, and cultivation.
The guide also offers a comprehensive list of resources including national field guides, general mushroom books and periodicals, club and society contact information, and web sites. It provides primary descriptions and illustrations of 300 species of mushrooms plus text descriptions of many more. It presents the latest word in mushroom taxonomy and nomenclature. It includes clear discussion of DNA sequencing and new classifications. It provides especially good coverage of southern California and Southwestern mushrooms often neglected in other field guides.

R. Michael Davis is Professor of Plant Pathology at University of California, Davis. Robert Sommer is Distinguished Professor of Psychology Emeritus at University of California, Davis, and the author of Personal Space and Tight Spaces, among other books. John A. Menge is Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology at University of California, Riverside.

Preface 1. Introduction 2. What is a Mushroom? 3. Fungal Ecology 4. Collecting Mushrooms 5. Classification Quick identification guide to major groups 6. General Keys 7. Species Descriptions 8. Fungal Arts and Crafts 9. Mushroom Cultivation 10. Toxins 11. Resources Appendix 1. Table of spore colors and genera Appendix 2. Synonyms, name changes, and misapplied names Glossary Acknowledgments and Contributors of photographs

Erscheint lt. Verlag 4.9.2012
Reihe/Serie California Natural History Guides ; 106
Zusatzinfo 353 color illustrations, 6 line illustrations, 3 tables
Verlagsort Berkerley
Sprache englisch
Maße 114 x 184 mm
Gewicht 490 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Natur / Ökologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Mykologie
ISBN-10 0-520-27107-6 / 0520271076
ISBN-13 978-0-520-27107-4 / 9780520271074
Zustand Neuware
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