Fungipedia: A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore

Editor/Author Millman, Lawrence
Publication Year: 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press

Price: Core Collection Only
ISBN: 978-0-69-119538-4
Category: Science - Botany
Image Count: 50
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents

Fungipedia presents a delightful A--Z treasury of mushroom lore.

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Table of Contents

  • Epigraph Page
  • Preface
  • A
  • Agarikon (Laricifomes officinalis)
  • Aksakov, Sergei (1791–1859)
  • Alder Tongue (Taphrina robinsoniana)
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Allegro, John (1923–1988)
  • Amadou
  • Amateur
  • Amatoxins
  • Ambrosia
  • Anamorph
  • Aniseed Polypore (Haploporus odorus)
  • Aphyllophorales
  • Artist's Conk (Ganoderma applanatum)
  • Ascomycetes
  • Azalea Apples (Exobasidium sp.)
  • B
  • Banning, Mary (1822–1903)
  • Basidiolichens
  • Basidiomycetes
  • Beech Aphid Poop Fungus
  • Beefsteak Polypore (Fistulina hepatica)
  • Berkeley, Rev. Miles (1803–1889)
  • Berserker Mushroom
  • Big Laughing Gym
  • Bioluminescence
  • Bird Droppings
  • Bird's Nest Fungi
  • Black Knot of Cherry (Apiosporina morbosa)
  • Bolete
  • Bonnet Mold (Spinellus fusiger)
  • Brown Rot
  • Buller's Drop
  • C
  • Cage, John (1912–1992)
  • Carver, George Washington (1864?–1943)
  • Caterpillar Fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis)
  • Cemetery Mushrooms
  • Chaga
  • Chestnut Blight
  • Chitin
  • Chytrids
  • Claudius (10 BCE–54 AD)
  • Clusius, Carolus (1526–1607)
  • Commercial Harvesting
  • Common Names
  • Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt (1825–1914)
  • Coprophiles
  • Corals
  • Corn Smut (Ustilago maydis)
  • Cramp Balls (Daldinia sp.)
  • Crust Fungi
  • Cultivated Mushrooms
  • Cyphelloid Fungi
  • Cystidia
  • D
  • Darwin's Fungus (Cyttaria darwinii)
  • Dead Man's Fingers
  • Death Cap (Amanita phalloides)
  • Desert Truffles
  • Discomycetes
  • Djon Djon
  • Dry Rot (Serpula sp.)
  • Dutch Elm Disease (Ophiostoma sp.)
  • Dyes
  • E
  • Earth Tongues
  • Ectomycorrhizal Fungi
  • Endomycorrhizal Fungi
  • Endophytes
  • Ergot
  • Ethnomycology
  • F
  • Fairy Rings
  • Fiction
  • Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)
  • Fly Killers
  • Fries, Elias Magnus (1794–1878)
  • G
  • Gastrointestinal Tract
  • Gills
  • Green Stain
  • H
  • Hair Ice
  • Hairs
  • Hálek, Václav (1937–2014)
  • Honey Mushroom (Armillaria sp.)
  • Horsetails (Equisetum sp.)
  • Humongous Fungus
  • Hygrophanous
  • Hyphae
  • I
  • Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
  • Indwellers
  • Inky Cap (Coprinus, Coprinellus, Coprinopsis sp.)
  • Insect Mushroom Farmers
  • Iqmik
  • J
  • Jellies
  • K
  • Keratinophiles
  • King Tut's Curse
  • Know Your Mushrooms
  • KOH
  • Kombucha
  • L
  • Latex
  • Lawnmower's Mushroom (Panaeolus foenisecii)
  • LBM (Little Brown Mushroom)
  • Lichenicolous Fungi
  • Lincoff, Gary (1942–2018)
  • Lloyd, Curtis Gates (1859–1926)
  • Lobster (Hypomyces lactifluorum)
  • M
  • Magic Mushrooms
  • Maitake (Grifola frondosa)
  • Matsutake
  • McIlvaine, Captain Charles (1840–1905)
  • McKenna, Terence (1946–2000)
  • Medicinal Mushrooms
  • Melzer's Reagent
  • Microfungi
  • Mildews
  • Mold
  • Morels (Morchella sp.)
  • Mushroom Websites
  • Music
  • Mycelium
  • Mycologist
  • Mycophage
  • Mycophobia
  • Mycoremediation
  • N
  • Noble Polypore (Bridgeoporus nobilissimus)
  • Noble Rot
  • O
  • Orchids
  • Ötzi
  • Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus sp.)
  • P
  • Parasites
  • Peck, Charles Horton (1833–1917)
  • Pegtymel
  • Penicillium
  • Phallus impudicus
  • Phoenicoid Fungi
  • Poisonings
  • Polypores
  • Potter, Beatrix (1866–1940)
  • Prototaxites
  • Psilocybin
  • Psychrophiles
  • Puck
  • Puffballs
  • Pyrenomycetes
  • R
  • Red List
  • Reishi
  • Resupinate
  • Ristich, Sam (1915–2008)
  • Russula
  • Rust
  • S
  • Sabina, Maria (1894–1985)
  • Santa Claus
  • Saprophytes
  • Schobert, Johann (ca. 1735–1767)
  • Sclerotium
  • Sequencing
  • Sex
  • Shiitake (Lentinula edodes)
  • Slime Molds
  • Sloths
  • Smell
  • Snake Fungus (Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola)
  • Snell, Walter (1889–1980)
  • Soft Rot
  • Spalting
  • Split Gill (Schizophyllum commune)
  • Spongiforma squarepantsii
  • Spore Print
  • Spores
  • Stamets, Paul (1955–)
  • Stem
  • Stinkhorns
  • Substrate
  • T
  • Tar Spot (Rhytisma sp.)
  • Teonanacatl
  • Thaxter, Roland (1858–1932)
  • Toadstool
  • Tooth Fungi
  • Train Wrecker (Neolentinus lepideus)
  • Truffles
  • Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor)
  • U
  • Umbo
  • V
  • Valley Fever
  • Veil
  • W
  • Wasson, Gordon (1897–1986)
  • Waxy Caps
  • White-Nose Syndrome
  • White Rot
  • Witches Broom
  • X
  • Xerotolerant Fungi
  • Y
  • Yeasts
  • Z
  • Zombie Ants
  • Zygomycetes
  • Afterword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Useful References