Smithsonian Handbooks

by Laessoe, Thomas; Edwards, Elwyn Hartley

• ISBN13: 9780789489869
• ISBN10: 0789489864
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-15
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

Smithsonian Handbooks are the most visually appealing guides on the natural world in the book marketplace. Featuring more than 500 full-color illustrations and photographs, along with detailed annotations, Smithsonian Handbooks make identification easy and accurate.

Author Biography

Thomas Laessoe studied at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London, and now teaches at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. He has undertaken field research in South America and is co-author of DK's The Mushroom Book. Gary Lincoff has collected mushrooms throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico, and has written extensively on mushroom poisoning and identification. He is a past president of the North American Mycological Association.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
Introduction	p. 6
How This Book Works	p. 9
What is a Mushroom?	p. 10
Fruitbody Shapes	p. 12
Cap Features	p. 14
Spores and Spore Dispersal	p. 16
Mushroom Lifestyles	p. 18
Mushroom Habitats	p. 20
Foraying for Mushrooms	p. 22
Identification	p. 24
Cap & Stem Fungi with Decurrent Gills	p. 28
Funnel-shaped with Fibrous Flesh	p. 28
With Convex Cap and Fibrous Flesh	p. 37
Crumbly Flesh Exuding Milk	p. 43
Cap & Stem Fungi with Adnexed to Adnate Gills	p. 56
Fleshy with No Obvious Veil	p. 56
With Cobweblike Veil	p. 69
With Stem Ring or Ring Zone	p. 78
With Fibrous Cap and Dark Spores	p. 98
Medium-sized with Smooth Cap	p. 103
With Crumbly Flesh	p. 120
Very Small with Smooth Cap	p. 132
Very Small, Cap not Smooth	p. 142
Cap & Stem Fungi with Free Gills	p. 145
With Volva and/or Veil Scales on Cap	p. 145
With Stem Ring or Ring Zone	p. 156
Without Veil	p. 171
Inky with Age	p. 174
With Gills Joined to a Collar	p. 177
Cap Fungi with Stem Off-center or Absent	p. 178
Cap & Stem Fungi with Pores	p. 184
With Soft Flesh	p. 184
With Tough Flesh	p. 202
Honeycomb-, Brain-, or Saddlelike Cap	p. 207
Bracket-or Skinlike	p. 211
With Pores	p. 211
Wrinkled or Smooth Underneath	p. 228
Skinlike; Growing Flat or Crustlike	p. 232
Fungi with Spines	p. 234
Club-shaped Fungi	p. 240
Smooth or Hairy	p. 240
With Pimples or a Dusty Surface	p. 244
Phallus-shaped	p. 246
Antler- to Coral-like Fungi	p. 248
Rounded Fungi	p. 253
Above Ground	p. 253
Below Ground	p. 258
Pear- to Pestle-shaped Fungi	p. 260
Cup- to Disk-shaped	p. 264
Without "Eggs"	p. 264
Cup-shaped Containing "Eggs"	p. 274
Trumpet-shaped Fungi	p. 275
Star-shaped & Cagelike Fungi	p. 277
Ear-or Brainlike, Gelatinous Fungi	p. 281
Spore Chart	p. 284
Glossary	p. 289
Index	p. 290
Acknowledgments	p. 304
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