Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada Contributor(s): Baroni, Timothy J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1604696346 ISBN-13: 9781604696349 Publisher: Timber Press (OR) OUR PRICE: $26.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Plants - Mushrooms - Travel | United States - Northeast - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - Sports & Recreation | Hiking |
Dewey: 579.609 |
LCCN: 2016045509 |
Series: Timber Press Field Guide |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 8.3" (2.25 lbs) 600 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A must-have for mushroom hunters in the northeast The Northeast is one of the best places to find mushrooms; they are both abundant and spectacularly diverse. Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada is a compact, beautifully illustrated guide packed with descriptions and photographs of more than 500 of the region's most conspicuous, distinctive, and ecologically important mushrooms.
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Contributor Bio(s): Baroni, Timothy J.: - Timothy J. Baroni is a Distinguished Professor of Biology at the State University of New York. He teaches at SUNY-College at Cortland and works on biodiversity research of macrofungi globally with emphasis on mushrooms and other fungi found in the Americas. He is the author or co-author of three books and many peer-reviewed articles on taxonomy of macrofungi. Baroni has described 95 new species and varieties of macrofungi, served as president of the Mycological Society of America, and received numerous awards from the State University of New York for teaching and research. He was recently selected for the Distinguished Mycologist Award given by the Mycological Society of America. |