Mushrooms of the Gulf Coast States : : A Field Guide to Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida / / Arleen R. Bessette, David P. Lewis, Alan E. Bessette.
The weather patterns and topography of America's Gulf Coast create favorable growing conditions for thousands of species of mushrooms, but the complete region has generally gone uncharted when it comes to mycology. Mushrooms of the Gulf Coast States at last delivers an in-depth, high-quality, u...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Geographic Area Covered by This Book
- Why Collect and Study Wild Mushrooms?
- Mushroom Structure and Function
- Collecting and Documenting Wild Mushrooms
- Making a Spore Print
- Notes on the Descriptions of Illustrated Species
- How to Use This Book
- Mushroom Identification Procedure
- Color Key to the Major Groups of Fungi
- Introduction
- Species Descriptions and Illustrations
- Bird’s Nest Fungi
- Boletes
- Carbon, Crust, Cushion, and Parchment Fungi
- Chanterelles and Similar Fungi
- Corals and Cauliflowers
- Cordyceps, Tolypocladium, and Similar Fungi
- Cup Fungi
- Earth Tongues and Earth Clubs
- Fiber Fans
- Gilled Mushrooms
- Hypomyces and Other Parasitic Fungi
- Jelly Fungi
- Morels, False Morels, and Similar Fungi
- Polypores
- Puffballs, Earthballs, Earthstars, and Similar Fungi
- Stinkhorns
- Tooth Fungi
- Truffles and Other Hypogeous Fungi
- Appendix A. Microscopic Examination of Fungi
- Appendix B. Chemical Reagents and Mushroom Identification
- Appendix C. Mushrooms for the Table
- Glossary
- References and Resources
- A Note on the Authors
- Photo Credits
- Index to Common Names
- Index to Scientific Names