Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians / William C. Roody.

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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Disclaimer; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; How to Use This Book; Pictured Key to Major Groups; 1. Gilled Mushrooms; Key to Groups of Gilled Mushrooms; Descriptions of Gilled Mushrooms; Gilled Mushrooms with a Ring on the Stalk, Growing on Wood; Gilled Mushrooms with a Membranous Ring on the Stalk, Growing on Soil or Humus; Gilled Mushrooms Growing on the Ground, with Flesh and Gills Exuding a Clear, Milky, or Colored Latex When Cut or Broken; Small Mushrooms with Decurrent or Subdecurrent Gills or Gill-like Folds.

Medium to Large Mushrooms with "" Decurrent Gills or Blunt Gill-like FoldsSmall Mushrooms Growing on Wood, Gills Not Decurrent; Small Mushrooms That Grow on the Ground or on Other Non-woody Substrates, Having White to Pinkish Buff Spores, and Gills That Are Not Decurrent; Small Mushrooms That Grow on Soil or Other Non-woody Substrates, Having Pink, Brown, or Blackish Spores, and Gills That Are Not Decurrent; Medium to Large Mushrooms Growing on Wood or Associated with Decaying Wood, Gills Not Decurrent, Stalk Ring Lacking.

Medium to Large Mushrooms with ""White to Pale Pinkish Buff Spores That Grow on the Ground, Have Fibrous Flesh, and Have Gills That Are Free or Variously Attached but Not Strongly DecurrentMedium to Large Mushrooms That Grow on the Ground, with Gills That Are Free from the Stalk or Variously Attached but Not Decurrent, and with Pinkish, Brown, or Black Spores; 2. Boletes and Stalked Polypores; Key to Groups of Boletes and Stalked Polypores; Descriptions of Boletes and Stalked Polypores; Boletes with a Red to Brown Pore Surface.

Boletes with a White or Yellow Pore Surface and Net-like Ornamentation on the StalkBoletes with a White or Yellow Pore Surface That Stains Blue or, Greenish Blue When Bruised; Boletes with a White to Yellow Pore Surface That Does Not Stain When Bruised, or Bruises Colors Other Than Blue; Stalked Polypores with Simple or Compound Fruitbodies; 3. Bracket Fungi; 4. Tooth Fungi; 5. Club Fungi; 6. Coral Mushrooms and Look-Alikes; 7. Puffballs, Earthstars, and Similar Mushrooms; 8. Jelly Fungi; 9. Cup Fungi; 10. Morels, False Morels, and Saddle Mushrooms; 11. Mycoparasites; Glossary; References.

Index to Scientific and Common Names.

With its dense forests and plentiful rainfall, West Virginia and the rest of the Central Appalachian region is an almost perfect habitat for hundreds of varieties of wild mushrooms. For the mushroom hunter, this vast bounty provides sheer delight and considerable challenge, for every outdoor excursion offers the chance of finding a mushroom not previously encountered. For both the seasoned mycologist and the novice mushroom hunter, Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians serves as a solid introduction s of the region. Some 400 species are described and illustrated with the aut.

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