California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide

✍ Scribed by Dennis E. Desjardin, Michael G. Wood, Frederick A. Stevens

• Publisher: Timber Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 561
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Winner of the CBHL Award of Excellence

California is one of the most ecologically rich and diverse regions of North America, and home to hundreds of species of mushrooms. In California Mushrooms, mycologist experts Dennis Desjardin, Michael Wood, and Fred Stevens provide over 1100 species profiles, including comprehensive descriptions and spectacular photographs. Each profile includes information on macro- and micromorphology, habitat, edibility, and comparisons with closely related species and potential look-alikes. Although the focus of the book is on mushrooms of California, over 90% of the species treated occur elsewhere, making the book useful throughout western North America. This complete reference covers everything necessary for the mushroom hunter to accurately identify over 650 species.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
Dedication and Acknowledgments......Page 7
Introduction......Page 10
How to Identify Mushrooms......Page 23
How to Use the Book......Page 27
The Mushrooms......Page 28
Light-Spored Gilled Mushrooms......Page 31
Pink-Spored Gilled Mushrooms......Page 208
Dull Brown, Tobacco-Brown, and Olive Brown-Spored Gilled Mushrooms......Page 222
Yellowish Brown, Rusty Brown, and Reddish Brown-Spored Gilled Mushtooms......Page 239
Dark-Spored Gilled Mushrooms......Page 287
Boletes......Page 343
Polypores......Page 378
Spine Fungi......Page 399
Thelephoroid and Stereoid Fungi......Page 412
Club and Coral Fungi......Page 418
Gasteromycetes-Puffballs, Earthstars, Stinkhorns, and Bird's Nest Fungi......Page 441
Crust Fungi......Page 470
Jelly Fungi......Page 479
Morels, False Morels, and Elfin Saddles......Page 487
Cup Fungi......Page 500
Hypogeous Fungi-Truffles and Fulse Truffles......Page 525
Glossary......Page 540
Plant Names......Page 545
Literature Cited......Page 546
Photo Credits......Page 548
Index......Page 550
About the Authors......Page 561