Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

From $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Mushroom Collecting for Beginners
Mushroom Collecting for Beginners
Mushroom Collecting for Beginners
Ebook64 pages30 minutes

Mushroom Collecting for Beginners

By Anon

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

This rare antiquarian text constitutes the perfect handbook for those interested in mushroom-hunting. Complete with a variety of detailed diagrams and a wealth of comprehensive information on the most common mushrooms, this fascinating book is a must-have for beginners looking to start a hobby in the exciting world of mycology. As well as detailing the myriad edible and useful mushrooms commonly found in the wild, this book provides all the information one might need to know about poisonous and even deadly fungi of the fields and woods - making it a must-read for those intent on safely collecting wild mushrooms. Mushroom Collecting For Beginners has been elected for modern republication due to its immense educational value, and is proudly republished here with a prefatory introduction to the topic.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAdler Press
Release dateJul 14, 2020
ISBN9781528763592
Mushroom Collecting for Beginners

Read more from Anon

Related to Mushroom Collecting for Beginners

Related ebooks

Biology For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Mushroom Collecting for Beginners

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Mushroom Collecting for Beginners - Anon

    Mushroom Collecting for Beginners

    J. Walton Groves¹

    Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa

    In this bulletin the word mushroom is used in its widest popular sense and includes any conspicuous fleshy fungus. A more accurate and scientific way of using the term is to restrict it only to those fungi bearing gills, because in making a classification of plants, botanists try to bring related forms together in the same group—genus or family—and, in general, the fungi with gills are thought to be more closely related to one another than to fungi without gills. Therefore, to use the term mushroom for gill-bearing fungi only, does give it some scientific meaning, but here, for the sake of convenience, it will include such forms as the morels and the puffballs even though they are distinct botanically from the gill-bearing fungi.

    A considerable amount of confusion exists concerning the terms ‘mushroom’ and ‘toadstool.’ Most people using the word toadstool have in mind some poisonous or undesirable fungus, but actually this term has no scientific meaning and does not correspond in any sense to a botanical classification. Poisonous and edible species may occur in the same genus and be quite closely related. It is, therefore, preferable to speak only of mushrooms, some of which may be edible, some poisonous; others, although not poisonous, may have undesirable characters that make them unfit for

    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1