North American Boletes: A Color Guide to the Fleshy Pored Mushrooms (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780815605881)

North American Boletes is the first comprehensive guide to an extraordinary and highly prized group of mushrooms known for their beautiful colors, distinctive features, relative abundance, and -edibility.

The scope of this work goes beyond the identi-fication of species. The authors consider the sym-biotic relationship boletes share with higher plants and trees, their geographical -distribution, and new information regarding the macrochemical test reactions of the boletes; they also describe several new species.

The book's unique combination of aesthetically appealing and scientifically accurate color photographs coupled with extensive descriptions makes it a standard reference work for bolete identification in North America.

Special Features of the Book include:

More than 450 color photographs illustrating more than 300 species

Descriptions with accurate, updated nomenclature and a comments section that includes information on look-alike species and field observations

Easy-to-follow keys constructed for both eastern and western North America that emphasize macroscopic features

Nontechnical language and a glossary that make it an indispensable guide for professional as well as amateur mycologists

Information on collecting, cooking, and -pre-serving boletes

Author: Alan Bessette, Arleen Bessette, William C. Roody
ISBN-10: 0815605889
ISBN-13: 9780815605881
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2000
Pages: 396
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.72lbs
Size: 10.29h x 8.38w x 1.49d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 09/01/2000 pg. 52
Choice 11/01/2000 pg. 560