North American Boletes: A Color Guide To the Fleshy Pored Mushrooms

Bessette, Alan

ISBN 10: 0815632444 / ISBN 13: 9780815632443

Published by Syracuse University Press, 2010

About this Item

A guide to this highly prized group of mushrooms known for their beautiful colours, distinctive features, relative abundance and edibility. The book features species descriptions, easy to follow keys that emphasize macroscopic features for eastern and western North America and information on collecting, cooking and preserving boletes. Num Pages: 396 pages, 2 black and white and 454 color illustrations, appendices, glossary, references, indexes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 203 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1415. . 2010. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: North American Boletes: A Color Guide To the Fleshy Pored Mushrooms
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815632444
• ISBN 13: 9780815632443
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

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 identi­fication of species. The authors consider the sym­biotic 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 ­pre­serving boletes

About the Authors

Alan E. Bessette is the author of numerous books, including Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States and Milk Mushrooms of North America: A Field Identification Guide to the Genus Lactarius.

William C. Roody is the author of numerous books, including Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States.

Arleen R. Bessette is the author of eleven books, including The Rainbow Beneath My Feet: A Mushroom Dyer’s Field Guide.

Alan E. Bessette is the author of numerous books, including Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States and Milk Mushrooms of North America: A Field Identification Guide to the Genus Lactarius.William C. Roody is the author of numerous books, including Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States. Arleen R. Bessette is the author of eleven books, including The Rainbow Beneath My Feet: A Mushroom Dyer’s Field Guide.