Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America
ISBN: 9781554071159
出版社: Firefly Books
出版年: 2005-09-22
页数: 319
定价: USD 39.95
装帧: Hardcover
内容简介
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.