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APPALACHIAN MUSHROOMS
APPALACHIAN MUSHROOMS
a field guide
Walter E. Sturgeon
OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS
ATHENS
Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 45701
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Sturgeon, Walt, author.
Title: Appalachian mushrooms : a field guide / Walter E. Sturgeon.
Description: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018019624| ISBN 9780821423257 (pb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780821446393 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Mushrooms--Appalachian Mountains--Identification.
Classification: LCC QK605 .S78 2018 | DDC 579.6--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018019624
CONTENTS
MEDIUM TO LARGE WHITE-SPORED MUSHROOMS WITH A WAXY TEXTURE
Hygrophorus
SMALL WHITE-SPORED MUSHROOMS WITH A WAXY TEXTURE
Hygrocybe, Gliophorus, and Humidicutis
MEDIUM TO LARGE WHITE-SPORED TERRESTRIAL MUSHROOMS
Tricholoma and Melanoleuca
CLUB-LIKE AND CORAL-LIKE FUNGI
MUSHROOMS WITH CUP-SHAPED OR FLAT FRUITING BODIES
INDEX OF COMMON NAMES AND GENERAL INDEX
CAUTIONARY NOTE
THIS BOOK IS an introduction and identification guide to many of the wild mushrooms found in Appalachian forests and fields. Included in
