Mushrooms Demystified

by Arora, David

• ISBN13: 9780898151695
• ISBN10: 0898151694
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1986-10-01
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Summary

Simply the best and most complete mushroom field guide and reference book, MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED includes descriptions and keys to more than 2,000 species of mushrooms, with more than 950 photographs. Mushroom authority David Arora provides a beginner's checklist of the 70 most distinctive and common mushrooms, plus detailed chapters on terminology, classification, habitats, mushroom cookery, mushroom toxins, and the meanings of scientific mushroom names. Beginning and experienced mushroom hunters everywhere will find MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED a delightful, informative, and indispensible companion. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author Biography

David Arora is an American naturalist, writer, and a biologist who specializes in the study of fungi. The author of two popular books on the identification of wild fungi—Mushrooms Demystified and All That the Rain Promises and More—Arora has also written about conservation issues relating to recreational and commercial mushroom cultivation.

Table of Contents

Fungophobia	1	(3)
What Is a Mushroom?	4	(2)
Mushrooms and the Environment	6	(2)
Names and Classification	8	(3)
Collecting Mushrooms	11	(3)
Identification and Terminology	14	(7)
How to Use the Keys	21	(2)
Questions About Mushrooms	23	(9)
Which Mushrooms Are Good to Eat?	23	(2)
What's the Difference Between a Mushroom and a Toadstool?	25	(1)
When and Where Do Mushrooms Grow?	25	(1)
Can People Harm Mushrooms By Picking Them?	26	(1)
Can People Harm Themselves By Picking Mushrooms?	27	(1)
Do Other Animals Eat Mushrooms?	28	(2)
What Is the Nutritional Value of Mushrooms?	30	(1)
What Is the Medicinal Value of Mushrooms?	30	(1)
Can You Grow Wild Mushrooms?	30	(1)
Hey, Maaaaaaaaan, Do Any Psilocybin Mushrooms Grow Around Here?	31	(1)
LBM's: Little Brown Mushrooms	32	(2)
Habitats	34	(14)
Seventy Distinctive Mushrooms (A quick-reference check list)	48	(4)
Key to the Major Groups of Fleshy Fungi	52	(5)
Basidiomycotina (Basidiomycetes)	57	(619)
Hymenomycetes	57	(491)
Agaricales (Agarics or Gilled Mushrooms)	58	(5)
Russulaceae	63	(40)
Hygrophoraceae	103	(26)
Tricholomataceae	129	(109)
Entolomataceae	238	(15)
Pluteaceae	253	(9)
Amanitaceae	262	(31)
Lepiotaceae	293	(17)
Agaricaceae	310	(31)
Coprinaceae	341	(26)
Strophariaceae	367	(29)
Cortinariaceae	396	(70)
Bolbitiaceae	466	(10)
Paxillaceae	476	(5)
Gomphidiaceae	481	(7)
Boletaceae (Boletes)	488	(60)
Aphyllophorales	548	(121)
Polyporaceae & Allies (Polypores and Bracket Fungi)	549	(55)
Stereaceae & Allies (Crust and Parchment Fungi)	604	(7)
Hydnaceae (Teeth Fungi)	611	(19)
Clavariaceae (Coral and Club Fungi)	630	(28)
Cantharellaceae (Chanterelles)	658	(11)
Tremellales & Allies (Jelly Fungi)	669	(7)
Gasteromycetes	676	(106)
Lycoperdales & Allies (Puffballs and Earthstars)	677	(38)
Tulostomatales (Stalked Puffballs)	715	(9)
Podaxales & Allies (Gastroid Agarics)	724	(15)
Hymenogastrales & Allies (False Truffles)	739	(25)
Phallales (Stinkhorns)	764	(14)
Nidulariales (Bird's Nest Fungi)	778	(4)
Ascomycotina (Ascomycetes)	782	(106)
Discomycetes	783	(95)
Pezizales	783	(1)
Morchellaceae (Morels and Allies)	784	(12)
Helvellaceae (False Morels and Elfin Saddles)	796	(21)
Pezizaceae & Allies (Cup Fungi)	817	(24)
Tuberales (Truffles)	841	(24)
Helotiales (Earth Tongues)	865	(13)
Pyrenomycetes (Flask Fungi)	878	(10)
Mushroom Cookery	888	(4)
Mushroom Toxins	892	(7)
What It All Means (A Short Dictionary of Scientific Names)	899	(14)
Glossary	913	(6)
Bibliography: Suggested Readings and Primary References	919	(7)
General Index	926	(10)
Genus and Species Index	936