Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North
America by Roger Phillips
Terrific Book!
The ultimate illustrated handbook on mushrooms. More than 1,000
handsome color photographs by Roger Phillips illustrate this
comprehensive guide to mushrooms and other fungi of North America, in
all their astonishing variety. Amateur collectors, expert mycologists and
armchair naturalists will welcome the reissue of this valuable reference.
Each photograph has a neutral background to eliminate distractions. The
specimens are arranged to show the cap, stem, gills, spines, and a cross
section, usually in various stages of growth. The information on each
mushroom variety includes: - Dimensions of cap, gills and stem - Color
and texture description of flesh - Description of odor and taste - Habitat
and growing season - Description of spores - Categorization of edibility.
Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America also includes useful tips
and helpful advice on collecting specimens and identifying them. This book
is the ideal introduction to mycology.
Personal Review: Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North
America by Roger Phillips
I have a small library of dichotomous key books that I have collected over
the 15 years I have been interested in mushrooms and this is the best new
book on mycology I found it via the Prairie State Mushroom Club in Iowa
that I am a member of. It has brief but valuable biological descriptive info
supplemented by great photos showing immature button to mature stages
of the 5 major genera: Amanita, Lacterus,Cortinaarius, and Boletus. In

addition, it states for each species whether it is edible,not recommended,
non-edible/poisonous. A good glossary and beginner's key of
nomenclature and methods of spore,pilus,stipe identification. A "must
have" book for any amateur or professional fungalist. Arnold Christian,
Blue Grass, IA
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