Mushrooms of the gulf coast states : a field guide to texas, louisiana, mississippi, alabama, and florida / Alan E. Bessette, Arleen R. Bessette, David P. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bessette, Alan E., author.

Bessette, Arleen R., author.

Lewis, David P., 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mushrooms--Texas.

Mushrooms.

Mushrooms--Mississippi.

Mushrooms--Louisiana.

Mushrooms--Gulf States.

Mushrooms--Florida.

Mushrooms--Alabama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (629 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press, [2019]

Summary:

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, user-friendly field guide, featuring more than 1,000 common and lesser-known species—some of which are being illustrated in color for the first time. Using easily identifiable characteristics and a color key, the authors enable anyone, whether amateur mushroom hunter or professional mycologist, to discern and learn about the numerous species of mushrooms encountered in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Wild-food enthusiasts will appreciate the information on edibility or toxicity that accompanies each description, and they will also find the book’s detailed instructions for collecting, cleaning, testing, preserving, and cooking wild mushrooms to be of great interest. Providing encyclopedic knowledge in a handy format that fits in a backpack, Mushrooms of the Gulf Coast States is a must-have for any mushroom lover.

Contents:

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

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [587]-590) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4773-1817-8

1-4773-1816-X

OCLC:

1269269151