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Phylum Basidiomycotina - Fungi - Most Large Fungi
Gilled Mushrooms & Relatives

Basidiomycetes
Jelly Fungi

Heterobasidiomycetes
Puffballs & Earthstars

Gastromycetes
Rusts And Smuts

Teliomycetes

Narrative

Basidiomycotina is a phylum that contains most of the large fungi such as mushrooms, toadstools, puffballs, stinkhorns, coral fungi, etc. Many species in this group are deadly poisonous. Wild collected mushrooms should not be eaten as the chance of a mis-identification is very high. Most of the photographs in this group have been taken in the field by amateur photographers. There are certainly errors of identification in this group of images. This product should not be used to make decisions on edibility.

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Kingdom Fungi Fungus
Phylum Basidiomycotina Fungi - Most Large Fungi
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References

TitleAuthorComments
MushroomsMcKnight, Kent H.This Field Guide covers more than 1000 species of North American mushrooms, and 500 of them are illustrated and described. This book, which pictures like species on the same page, is easy to use, and is highly recommended. The quality of the color drawings is excellent.
Field Guide to North American MushroomsLincoff, Gary H.With 762 full color photographs depicting 703 species, this guide is excellent. The quality of the photographs is superb.
Mushrooms of North AmericaMiller, Orson K.This work describes 422 species and pictures 292 in color. This work contains excellent photographs with keys and associated text.
Field Guide to Western MushroomsSmith, Alexander H.The 203 color plates will help identify some of the common mushrooms of the western United States.
Mushrooms of North America in ColorBessette, AlanA Field Guide to Seldom Illustrated Fungi. With over 5,000 species of mushrooms known in North America, only 2,000 or so have been illustrated in the popular books. This books adds many species that have not been pictured before.
Texas MushroomsMetzler, SusanOver 200 species of Texas mushrooms are pictured in color photographs and described.
Collins Guide to Mushrooms and ToadstoolsLange, MortonThis book covers the mushrooms of Europe.
Mushrooms of the WorldPace, GiuseppeVery good color drawings of various world mushrooms make this a good book for the amateur and specialist alike. 310 pages portray over 1,000 species. 634 full color illustrations are included. (This edition is an English translation)




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