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Mushrooms of North America, Orson K. Miller, Jr.

LIBRA - Blank Collection QK617 .M55 1985 Blank copy
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English
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Penn Provenance:
  • Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)
Physical Description:
368 pages illustrations (some color) 21 cm
Edition:
Seventh Printing
Place of Publication:
New York, E. P. Dutton, 1985.
Contents:
  • Introduction. The Role of Fungi; Collecting and Studying Mushrooms; Mushroom or Fungus Names; Microscopic Characteristics; Seasonal Fruiting of Mushrooms; Edibility and Preparation; Mushroom Toxins
  • Basidiomycetes. Gilled Mushrooms; Chanterelles; Coral Fungi; Boletes; Polypores; Teeth Fungi
  • Gastromycetes. Stinkhorns; Bird's Nest Fungi; Earthstars; True Puffballs; Stalked Puffballs; False Puffballs
  • Heterobasidiomycetes. Jelly Fungi
  • Ascomycetes. True Morels; False Morels; Cup Fungi; Earth Tongues and other Ascomycetes.
Notes:
  • "A Chanticleer Press edition."
  • "This book was planned and produced by Paul Steiner and the staff of Chanticleer Press."
  • Drawings are by Robyn Morgan (illustrated glossary).
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 360) and index.
Local Notes:
  • Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.
  • Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.
  • Kislak copy cover has Dutton paperback no. D226. Number printed on spine is D482.
ISBN:
  • 0525482261 (paper)
  • 052516166X (cloth)
OCLC:
1330714640

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