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.
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
An Exciting Time for Amateur Mycology
Coverage Area
Midwestern Mushroom Clubs
Recommended Midwestern Mushrooming Locations
Acknowledgments
Ecology, Ecology, Ecology!
Collection Methods
Making Spore Prints
Determining Odor
Testing Chemical Reactions
Storing Specimens
Midwestern Herbaria
Equipment
Chemicals, Reagents, and Stains
Studying Spores
Creating a Section to Study
Working with Dried Specimens
Additional Resources
A: Key to Major Groups of Mushrooms
B: Key to Pink-Spored Gilled Mushrooms
C: Key to Pale-Spored Gilled Mushrooms, First Part
D: Key to Pale-Spored Gilled Mushrooms, Second Part
E: Key to Amanita
F: Key to Lactarius
G: Key to Russula
H: Key to Dark-Spored Gilled Mushrooms, First Part
I: Key to Dark-Spored Gilled Mushrooms, Second Part
J: Key to Terrestrial Pored Mushrooms
K: Key to Pored Mushrooms on Wood
L: Key to Chanterelles and Trumpets
M: Key to Toothed Mushrooms
N: Key to Puffballs and Earthstars
O: Key to Cup Mushrooms
P: Key to Morels, False Morels, and Saddles
Q: Key to Club and Coral Mushrooms
R: Key to Miscellaneous Other Mushrooms
5. The Mushrooms
6. The Evolutionary Picture
Bibliography and Works Cited
Glossary and Index
About the author
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.
Summary
Fusing general interest in mushrooming with serious scholarship, this title describes and illustrates over five hundred of the region's mushroom species. It discusses the DNA revolution in mycology and its consequences for classification and identification, as well as the need for well-documented contemporary collections of mushrooms.
