The Mushroom Hunter's Field Guide

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Call Number: Adult Book / Nonfiction / Science & Nature / General / Smith, Alexander H., 589.22 Sm
On Shelf At: Pittsfield Branch

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Introduction. The Mushroom Plant; When and Where to Find Mushrooms; The Distribution of Mushroom Species; Collecting and Identifying Mushrooms; The Mushroom Fruiting Body; Spores; Edible or Poisonous?; Mushroom Names -- How to Use the Keys -- How to Read the Species Descriptions -- Key to Major Groups of Fungi Illustrated -- Ascomycetes. Discomycetes (Cup Fungi); Morchellaceae (True Morels) and Helvellaceae (False Morels); Hypocreales -- Basidiomycetes. Auricullariales and Tremellales; Aphyllophorales; Cantharellales; Agaricales (Fleshy Poroid Species); Agaricales (Gilled Species); Gasteromycetes -- Hints for the Mushroom Collector -- Microscopic Characters.
A practical guide to hunting wild mushrooms describing 188 species and rating their ediblity.

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Good book submitted by VickyB77 on July 25, 2012, 12:47pm Great resource for people who want to know what's growing around them, and whether or not it's edible!