Mushrooms: A Falcon Field Guide (Falcon Field Guide Series)
Language: English
Pages: 108
ISBN: B00MJD6KSC
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Mushrooms: A Falcon Field Guide covers 80 of the most common and sought-after species in North America. Conveniently sized to fit in a pocket and featuring full-color, detailed illustrations, this informative guide makes it easy to identify mushrooms in the backyard and beyond. Each mushroom is accompanied by a detailed listing of its prominent attributes and a color illustration showing its important features. Mushrooms are organized in phylogentic order, keeping families of mushrooms together for easy identification. This is the essential source in the field, both informative and beautiful to peruse.
lighter at the margin, and has minute, hairy scales around the center. Stalk is pale whitish, even in width, and fibrous. Gills are free, crowded, and white to pinkish. Spore print is pink to yellowish-brown. The Fawn-Colored Pluteus grows in areas of rotting wood or sawdust and roots close to the surface throughout North America during the spring and fall or during the winter in the Southwest. It is edible but best when young and firm. BASIDIOMYCETES: Agaricales, Cortinariaceae
shaggy with veil remnants. The stalk is covered in fibrous scales like the cap and has a loose, grayish collar. The spongy fertile surface of tubes and pores is a light gray that turns darker with age. Spore print is brown or black. The flesh, when bruised, turns red and then black. Old Man of the Woods grows in mixed woodlands, especially around oaks, in middle and eastern North America during the summer and fall. It is edible but best when young. BASIDIOMYCETES: Aphyllophorales,
xerampelina Golden Waxy Cap, Hygrophorus flavescens or Hygrocybe flavescens White Waxy Cap, Hygrophorus eburneus Witch’s Hat, Hygrophorus conicus or Hygrocybe conica Russula-like Waxy Cap, Hygrophorus russula Parrot Waxy Cap, Hygrophorus psittacinus or Hygrocybe psittacinus Fading Scarlet Waxy Cap, Hygrophorus miniatus or Hygrocybe miniata Oyster Mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus Jack-o-lantern, Omphalotus olearius Funnel Clitocybe, Clitocybe gibba or Clitocybe
grayish. Gills are white, attached, and descending down the stalk. Spore print is white. The Club-footed Clitocybe grows on the ground, singly or in groups, in mixed coniferous or deciduous woodlands throughout North America during the summer and fall or during the winter in California. It is edible but may cause illness if consumed with alcohol. Also known as the Clubfoot. BASIDIOMYCETES: Agaricales, Tricholomataceae Waxy Laccaria, Laccaria laccata Basidiomycetes, order:
somewhat bulbous at the base, with a substantial, pendant collar. Gills are free, starting out white and then turning dull pink and finally dark brown. Spore print is dark brown. Flesh turns bright yellow when bruised or cut. The Yellow-staining Agaricus grows in gardens, fields, and urban areas in the Pacific Northwest during the fall and in California during the winter. It is inedible and poisonous. Also known as the Yellow-foot Agaricus. BASIDIOMYCETES: Agaricales, Agaricaceae