Mushrooms: How to Identify and Gather Wild Mushrooms and Other Fungi

Mushrooms: How to Identify and Gather Wild Mushrooms and Other Fungi

by DK
Mushrooms: How to Identify and Gather Wild Mushrooms and Other Fungi

Mushrooms: How to Identify and Gather Wild Mushrooms and Other Fungi

by DK

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Overview

Learn all there is to know about the fascinating world of wild mushrooms and other fungi!

Throughout the centuries, people all over the world have been foraging wild mushrooms and fungi for food. It can also be an exciting and rewarding hobby, with hundreds of different species to discover! 

This beautifully illustrated guide contains everything you need to help you on your next foraging adventure. Here’s what you can expect:


   • Insightful information you need to identify over 450 species of fungi from all around the world
   • Clear photographs of each kind of mushroom and its cross-sections are accompanied by annotations and descriptions, along with scale illustrations and identification charts
   • Learn about the different anatomical sections and features of fungi, then categorize and identify your own foraging finds through extensive, but easy-to-use, visual ID guides
   • Key information on habitat, fruiting, and which types of mushrooms are poisonous and which are edible. 

This mushroom foraging book is packed with vital information that will help you identify the exact types of mushrooms you are looking for when you’re out foraging. You’ll learn how to identify the caps, stems and gills, which all have different physical characteristics like shape and texture, and color.

From the Neobulgaria pura and the Mitrula paludosa, discover newly-found fungi species and complex ones which can only be viewed microscopically. The detailed illustrations and identification charts will help you name the mushrooms you find or hope to search for. 

Mushrooms
is the perfect book for fungi enthusiasts, amateurs, experts or anyone wanting to learn more about fungi.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781465408556
Publisher: DK
Publication date: 07/15/2013
Pages: 360
Sales rank: 69,313
Product dimensions: 7.60(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world's leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House, formed on July 1, 2013. DK publishes highly visual, photographic nonfiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 87 countries and in 62 languages, with offices in Delhi, London, Melbourne, Munich, New York, and Toronto. DK's aim is to inform, enrich, and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products.   Our adult range spans travel, including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery, and parenting. DK’s extensive children’s list showcases a fantastic store of information for children, toddlers, and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the bestselling LEGO® books. DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series and Prima Games, video gaming publishers, as well as the award-winning travel publisher, Rough Guides.

Table of Contents

Introduction

What is a fungus? 6

Features of fruitbodies 8

Caps, stems, and gilts 10

Spore color and fruitbody size 12

Identification key 14

Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms

How this book works 24

Ascomycota

Morchellaceae 26

Helvellaceae 29

Discinaceae 30

Sarcoscyphaceae 31

Pezizaceae 32

Pyronemataceae 35

Tuberaceae 40

Geoglossaceae 42

Helotiaceae 43

Sclerotiniaceae 47

Rutstroemiaceae 47

Leotiaceae 48

Bulgariaceae 49

Xylariaceae 50

Cordycipitaceae 53

Ophiocordycipitaceae 53

Basidiomycota

Auriculariaceae 55

Clavulinaceae 57

Hydnaceae 58

Cantharellaceae 59

Clavariadelphaceae 61

Gomphaceae 61

Auriscalpiaceae 64

Hericiaceae 65

Stereaceae 67

Bondarzewiaceae 69

Russutaceae 70

Thelephoraceae 96

Bankeraceae 97

Hymcnochaetaceae 101

Repetobasidiaceae 105

Schizoporaceae 106

Clavariaceae 106

Typhulaceae 108

Cyphellaceae 109

Fistulinaceae 110

Schizophyllaceae 110

Pleurotaceae 111

Hygrophoraceae 113

Hydnangiaceae 124

Tricholomataceae 126

Physalachaceae 153

Lyophyllaceae 156

Marasmiaceae 161

Mycenaceae 184

Amanitaceae 197

Agaricaceae 209

Psathyrellaceae 234

Bolbitiaceae 241

Strophariaceae 242

Cortinariaceae 257

Inocybaceae 278

Entolomataceae 287

Pluteaceae 293

Gloeophyllaceae 298

Sparassidaceae 298

Meruliaceae 299

Ganodermataceae 300

Polyporaceae 302

Fomitopsidaceae 314

Meripilaceae 319

Coniophoraceae/Serpulaceae 321

Paxillaceae 322

Tapinellaceaer 322

Hygrophoropsidaceae 323

Gomphidiaceae 323

Boletaceae 325

Sclerodermataceae 340

Gyroporaceae 341

Suillaceae 343

Phallaceae 347

Geastraceae 350

Tremellaceae 353

Dacrymycetaceae 354

Glossary 355

Index 356

Acknowledgments 360

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