Research Catalog

Title

Mushrooms of the southeastern United States / Alan E. Bessette [and others].

Publication

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

Bessette, Alan.

Description

xiii, 373 pages : color illustrations, color map; 26 cm

Summary

"Featuring more than 450 species with detailed descriptions, this volume includes precise color photographs, which also reflect the aesthetic appeal of mushrooms. The number of species described and illustrated is substantially more than has previously appeared in any other single work devoted to the mushrooms of the southeastern United States. Although this book contains the necessary components required for advanced students and professional mycologists, it emphasizes identification based primarily on macroscopic field characters for easier use by a general audience."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Mushrooms > Southern States > Identification

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-362) and indexes.

Contents

Introduction to mycology -- Key to the major groups of mushrooms -- Color plates -- Species descriptions -- Chanterelles and allies -- Split Gill and Ally -- Gilled mushrooms -- Tooth fungi -- Boletes -- Polypores -- Stinkhorns -- Morels, false morels, and allies -- Fiber fans and vases -- Branched and clustered corals -- Earth tongues, earth clubs, and allies -- Cordyceps, Claviceps, and allies -- Bird's-nest fungi -- Cup and saucer fungi -- Jelly fungi -- Cauliflower mushrooms -- Puffballs, earthballs, earthstars, and allies -- Carbon and cushion fungi -- Crust and parchment fungi and allies -- Hypomyces -- Cedar-apple rust -- App. A. Microscopic examination of mushrooms -- App. B. Chemical reagents and mushroom identification -- App. C. Classification -- App. D. Mycophagy.

ISBN

• 081563112X (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780815631125 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006032144

OCLC

• ocm71842649
• SCSB-5354418

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries