Here is the definitive, comprehensive field guide to the highly varied mycoflora of Cape Cod and the National Seashore. It is written in easy-to-follow, nontechnical language and contains accurate and upto-date descriptions along with over 150 color illustrations that help the reader identify over 250 indigenous mushroom species.
The scope of this work goes well beyond the identification of mushrooms. The authors provide information that increases the reader's awareness of the fragile nature of Cape Cod's various ecosystems and the critical role that mushrooms play in helping to preserve them.
| Sponsors | ix | |
| Preface | xi | |
| Acknowledgments | xiii | |
| Introduction | 3 | |
| Some Cape Cod History | 3 | |
| Habitats on Cape Cod | 5 | |
| Mycorrhizal Relationships | 8 | |
| Mycological Basics: Learning About Mushrooms | 9 | |
| Fungal Anatomy: Parts of a Mushroom | 10 | |
| Tools and Tips for Collecting: Clothing and Equipment | 11 | |
| When to Collect Mushrooms | 11 | |
| Where to Collect Mushrooms | 12 | |
| How to Collect Mushrooms | 13 | |
| Spore Prints: The Essential Hidden Feature | 13 | |
| How to Use the Color Key to the Major Groups of Mushrooms | 15 | |
| Color Key to the Major Groups of Mushrooms | 17 | |
| Notes on the Descriptions of Illustrated Species | 27 | |
| The Major Groups of Mushrooms: Descriptions and Illustrations | ||
| Bird's-nest Fungi | 31 | |
| Boletes | 31 | |
| Carbon Fungi | 46 | |
| Chanterelles and Allies | 47 | |
| Coral Fungi | 48 | |
| Cup and Saucer Fungi | 49 | |
| Cushion Fungi | 51 | |
| Earth Clubs | 51 | |
| Fiber Fans and Vases | 52 | |
| Gilled Mushrooms | 52 | |
| Morels, False Morels, and Allies | 90 | |
| Polypores | 92 | |
| Puffballs, Earthballs, Earthstars, and Allies | 98 | |
| Rusts and Smuts | 102 | |
| Stinkhorns | 103 | |
| Tooth Fungi | 104 | |
| Glossary | 157 | |
| References | 165 | |
| Index to Common Names | 167 | |
| Index to Scientific Names | 171 | |
| Table: Timetable of Climates and Forest Types | 4 | |
| Map: Cape Cod and the National Seashore | 2 |
Overview
Here is the definitive, comprehensive field guide to the highly varied mycoflora of Cape Cod and the National Seashore. It is written in easy-to-follow, nontechnical language and contains accurate and upto-date descriptions along with over 150...