Smithsonian Handbooks
by Laessoe, Thomas; Edwards, Elwyn HartleyFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-05-15
Publisher(s): DK Publishing, Inc.
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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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