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9781607748175

Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of Coastal Northern California

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  • ISBN13:

    9781607748175

  • ISBN10:

    1607748177

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2016-08-09
  • Publisher: Ten Speed Press

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A comprehensive and user-friendly field guide for identifying the many mushrooms of the northern California coast, from Monterey County to the Oregon border.

Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast will help beginning and experienced mushroom hunters alike to find and identify mushrooms, from common to rare, delicious to deadly, and interesting to beautiful. This user-friendly reference covers coastal California from Monterey County to the Oregon border with full treatments of more than 750 species, and references to hundreds more. With tips on mushroom collecting, descriptions of specific habitats and biozones, updated taxonomy, and outstanding photography, this guide is far and away the most modern and comprehensive treatment of mushrooms in the region. Each species profile pairs a photograph with an in-depth description, as well as notes on ecology, edibility, toxicity, and look-alike species. Written by mushroom identification experts and supported by extensive field work, Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast is an indispensable guide for anyone curious about fungi.

Author Biography

NOAH SIEGEL's field mycology skills are extensive – he has spent two decades seeking, photographing, identifying, and furthering his knowledge about all aspects of macrofungi. He has hunted for mushrooms throughout the United States and Canada, as well as on multiple expeditions to New Zealand and Australia. 
   He is one of the premier mushroom photographers in the nation, having won numerous awards from the North American Mycological Association (NAMA) photography contest. His technique and attention to detail are unrivaled, arising from a philosophy of maximizing utility for identification purposes while maintaining a high degree of aesthetic appeal. 
   His photographs have appeared on the covers and have been featured in articles of multiple issues of FUNGI Magazine and Mushroom the Journal, the primary mushroom enthusiast magazines in the United States, numerous mushroom books, as well as NAMA and other club publications. 
   He is past president of the Monadnock Mushroomers Unlimited, (MMU) a mushroom club based out of Keene, NH, and is an active member of the Humboldt Bay Mycological Society and the Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz. 
   Noah travels and lectures extensively across America, following the mushrooms. 


CHRISTIAN SCHWARZ is a naturalist interested in the diversity of living organisms in general, but the seemingly endless forms (whether grotesque, bizarre, or sublime) of fungi in particular stoke his curiosity. He spends most of his time teaching about natural history, collecting and photographing mushrooms, assembling an exhaustive mycoflora for Santa Cruz County (www.scmycoflora.org), and exploring wilderness around the world. He is particularly interested in the role of citizen scientists in the future of ecological and taxonomic research.

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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