Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast
By Noah Siegel and Christian Schwarz
By Noah Siegel and Christian Schwarz
By Noah Siegel and Christian Schwarz
By Noah Siegel and Christian Schwarz
Category: Science & Technology
Category: Science & Technology
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$35.00
Aug 09, 2016 | ISBN 9781607748175
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Aug 09, 2016 | ISBN 9781607748182
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Praise
Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast sets the standard for all future efforts. The coverage is all one could ask for, the text is clear and helpful, and the photographs are a joy to see.
—GARY LINCOFF, author of The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms
Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast is at a whole new level for regional mushroom guides. It is certainly a must-own for anyone that’s serious about mushroom identification in California.
—TOM BRUNS, professor of plant and micrbial biology at the University of California, Berkeley
This is a wonderful and comprehensive guide to the intriguing mushrooms of coastal northern California. Well-researched, beautifully illustrated, and written with insight and humor!
—ELSE C. VELLINGA, editor of Flora Agaricina Neerlandica
This book sets a new standard for comprehensive regional mushroom identification guides. The photographs alone are worth the price of admission.
—DAVID ARORA, author of Mushrooms Demystified
Accomplished field mycologists/photographers Siegel and Schwarz have made the colorful and fascinating mushrooms of the redwood coast accessible through this indispensable new book.
—DR. STEVEN TRUDELL, author of Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest
Table Of Contents
Introduction 7
What Are Mushrooms? 8
Humans and Ecology of Fungi 9
Fungi 10
The Redwood Coast 11
Trees of the Redwood Coast 12
Finding Mushrooms 16
Collecting Mushrooms 16
Identifying Mushrooms 16
Making Spore Prints 17
Tools of the Trade 17
Making Collections 17
Photographing Mushrooms 18
Collecting for the Table 18
Taxonomy and Cladistics 19
How to Read the Species Descriptions 20
A General Format of the Species Descriptions 20
Pictorial Key to the Major Sections 22
THE DESCRIPTIONS:
1 • Chanterelles and Gomphoids 29
2 • Amanita 38
3 • Lepiota and Allies 60
4 • Agaricus and Melanophyllum 79
5 • Dark-Spored Mushrooms 98
6 • Brown-Spored Decomposers 131
7 • Mycorrhizal Brown-Spored Mushrooms 154
8 • Cortinarius 172
9 • Entoloma and Allies 209
10 • Pluteus and Allies 226
11 • Russula and Lactarius 233
12 • Waxy Caps 275
13 • The White-Spored Multitude 302
14 • Pleurotoid Mushrooms 403
15 • Gilled Bolete Relatives 416
16 • Boletes 426
17 • Polypores and Allies 464
18 • Crust Fungi 489
19 • Tooth Fungi 496
20 • Coral and Club Mushrooms 511
21 • Puffballs, Earthballs, Earthstars, Stinkhorns, and Bird’s Nests 533
22 • Truffles 548
23 • Jelly Fungi 554
24 • Morels, False Morels, and Elfin Saddles 558
25 • Cup Fungi 565
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