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North American mushrooms : a guide to the genus Tricholoma
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bessette, Alan E., Author.
- Series:
- Corrie Herring Hooks
- The Corrie Herring Hooks series Tricholomas of North America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tricholoma--North America--Identification.
- Tricholoma.
- Mushrooms--North America--Identification.
- Mushrooms.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (221 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] University of Texas Press 2012
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- More than 100 mushrooms in the genus Tricholoma have been reported in North America. Most are relatively large, showy mushrooms that grow on the ground near many species of temperate forest trees, both hardwoods and conifers. They typically fruit from late summer through early winter or even into spring in warmer areas. Some are fine edibles, including the matsutake. Others are inedible or even poisonous. Filling the gap between technical publications and the limited representation of Tricholomas in general mushroom field guides, this book is the first comprehensive guide to North American Tricholomas. It contains more than 170 of the best documentary photographs available, often with more than one image of a species to illustrate the dramatic variation exhibited by many Tricholomas. The species descriptions provide extensive identification information including scientific and common names, macroscopic and microscopic features, occurrence/habit, edibility, and a comment section that addresses such things as synonomy, comparisons with similar species, varietial differences, explanations of species’ epithets, and other useful or interesting information. In addition, the authors provide a general introduction to Tricholomas that discusses identification features, ecology, simple chemical tests (for identification), and how to use the keys provided in this book.
- Contents:
- The genus Tricholoma
- Ecology of tricholomas
- Edibility of tricholomas
- Macroscopic features used for identifying tricholomas
- Microscopic features used for identifying tricholomas
- Notes on the descriptions of species
- A note about names
- Species not included in this book
- Keys to the described species
- Keys for eastern North America
- Keys for western North America
- Descriptions of species
- Recognized species
- Some additional tricholomas
- Excluded species.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780292742345
- 0292742347
- OCLC:
- 835116843
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