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Mushrooms and Other Fungi of the Midcontinental United States

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Now in a fully revised second edition, Mushrooms and Other Fungi of the Midcontinental United States is a full-color field guide to wild mushrooms and fungi found in the midcontinental region of Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Each of 248 species is illustrated with an excellent color photograph (which almost always shows both the tops and the undersides of sample fungi), and its cap, gills, stalk, and annulus are all described in meticulous detail, along with information with regard to where each species is most likely to be seen, and its edible or toxic characteristics. An additional section devoted to commonly encountered slime molds rounds out this superb reference, written by emeritus professor of biology Donald Huffman. Useful to professional biologists and amateur nature lovers alike, Mushrooms and Other Fungi of the Midcontinental United States is a first-rate, enthusiastically recommended resource.

This guide is fascinating to me as I am definitely a newcomer to identifying mushrooms. Although throughout my childhood I admired the strange mushrooms in our grass and garden - and then on tree trunks during forest explorations, I never thought to try to identify them! This book is now proudly in my library next to my birding, native plant and wildflower guides. It has the same quality of photographs and descriptions as the best of my field guides! I'll certainly take it on my next field exploration in the Midwest!