Mushrooms of the Georgia Piedmont and Southern Appalachians
A Reference
Title Details
Pages: 664
Illustrations: 1140 color photos
Trim size: 8.500in x 11.000in
Formats
Hardcover
Pub Date: 11/01/2017
ISBN: 9-780-8203-5003-5
List Price: $62.95
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Mushrooms of the Georgia Piedmont and Southern Appalachians
A Reference
A comprehensive reference for the identification of southeastern mushroom species
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This well-organized reference guide to wild mushrooms will aid professional mycologists, students, and mushroom enthusiasts alike with its accurate and detailed identification tools. It provides nomenclaturally and scientifically accurate accounts of the unusually wide range of mushrooms in the Southeast, from northerly species found in North Georgia and North Carolina to the subtropical and even tropical species found in the Piedmont. Comprehensive in scope, this guide offers a thoughtful approach to solving taxonomy and identification problems.
Features:
-Coverage of 24 genera and 450 species
-More than 1,000 color photographs that aid in identification
-Line drawings that detail the complicated and subtle structures of fungi
-Classification of seldom-seen species as well as those most familiar in the region
-Sections on toxic and psychoactive properties of some fungi
-Warnings about the dangers of some mushroom varieties
—M. C. Tufts, Northeast Georgia Living
—A. K. Rinehart, CHOICE