Mushrooms and truffles of the Southwest / Jack S. States.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

States, Jack S., 1941-

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fungi--Southwest, New--Identification.

Fungi.

Fungi--Mexico--Identification.

Truffles--Southwest, New--Identification.

Truffles.

Truffles--Mexico--Identification.

Mexico.

New Southwest.

Genre:

Field guides.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

232, [8] pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 22 cm

Distribution:

Tucson, Ariz. : The University of Arizona Press,

Place of Publication:

Flagstaff : Published with the assistance of Transition Zone Horticultural Institute [and] Aboretum, 1990

Contents:

Introduction. Southwestern Fungi and Their Environment. Characteristics of Fungi and Lichens; Edible and Poisonous Fungi; Life Zones of the Southwest

Collection and Identification of Fungi. Collection Suggestions; Fungus Classification; How to Use the Keys; Cross-References

Picture Key to the Major Groups of Fungi and Fungus Relatives

Narrative Key to the Major Groups of Fungi and Fungus Relatives

Club Fungi. Basidiomycetes

Stomach Fungi. Gasteromycetes

Sac Fungi. Ascomycetes

Truffles and False Truffles. Tuberlike Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes

Slime Molds. Myxomycetes

Lichens.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220) 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 has dust jacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: States, Jack S., 1941- Mushrooms and truffles of the Southwest.

ISBN:

0816511624

9780816511624

0816511926

9780816511921

OCLC:

20932465