Mushrooms of the Midwest

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University of Illinois Press, Mar 15, 2014 - Nature - 440 pages

Fusing general interest in mushrooming with serious scholarship, Mushrooms of the Midwest describes and illustrates over five hundred of the region's mushroom species. From the cold conifer bogs of northern Michigan to the steamy oak forests of Missouri, the book offers a broad cross-section of the fungi, edible and not, that can be found growing in the Midwest’s diverse ecosystems.

With hundreds of color illustrations, Mushrooms of the Midwest is ideal for amateur and expert mushroomers alike. Michael Kuo and Andrew Methven provide identification keys and thorough descriptions. The authors discuss the DNA revolution in mycology and its consequences for classification and identification, as well as the need for well-documented contemporary collections of mushrooms.

Unlike most field guides, Mushrooms of the Midwest includes an extensive introduction to the use of a microscope in mushroom identification. In addition, Kuo and Methven give recommendations for scientific mushroom collecting, with special focus on ecological data and guidelines for preserving specimens. Lists of amateur mycological associations and herbaria of the Midwest are also included. A must-have for all mushroom enthusiasts!

 

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Contents

Introduction
1
Collecting Documenting and Preserving Mushrooms
8
Using a Microscope to Study Mushrooms
16
Key to Major Groups of Mushrooms
22
9
24
13
40
Key to DarkSpored Gilled Mushrooms First Part I Key to DarkSpored Gilled Mushrooms Second
52
14
56
Key to Pored Mushrooms on Wood
62
Key to Morels False Morels and Saddles
73
Picture
397
Glossary and Index
405
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Michael Kuo,Andrew S. Methven
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Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2014)

Michael Kuo is an English instructor at Eastern Illinois University and the principal developer of MushroomExpert.com. He is the author of 100 Edible Mushrooms and Morels. Andrew S. Methven is a professor of mycology at Eastern Illinois University. He is the author of Agaricales of California, Volume 10: Lactarius and The Genus Clavariadelphus in North America. The authors previously collaborated on 100 Cool Mushrooms.

Bibliographic information

TitleMushrooms of the Midwest
AuthorsMichael Kuo, Andrew S. Methven
Editionreprint
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press, 2014
ISBN0252096002, 9780252096006
Length440 pages
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Nature / Ecology
Nature / Fungi & Mushrooms
Nature / General
Nature / Regional
  
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