A New Guide to Kansas Mushrooms

Sharon Kay is a field mycologist in Lawrence, Kansas. She has over forty years of experience foraging and researching and served as a former president of the Kaw Valley Mycological Society.Benjamin Sikes is associate professor and scientist of microbial ecology at the University of Kansas. Caleb Morse is collection manager for the Division of Botany in the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute.

Preface Acknowledgments Read This First! How to Identify a Mushroom, Sherry Kay and Ben Sikes The Edibility Issue: Poisons and Individual Reactions, Dean Abel An Anthology of Kansas Mushrooms How to Use the Keys Key to Orders Phylum Basidiomycota Conventional Order Agaricales: Some of the Gilled Mushrooms Key to Families Family Hygropharaceae Families Marasmiaceae, Mycenaceae, and Omphalotaceae Family Physalacriaceae Families Tricholomataceae and some Former Tricholomataceae: Hydnangiaceae and Lyophyllaceae, Phyllotopsidaceae, Pleurotaceae, and Schizophyllaceae Families Bolbitiaceae, Entolomataceae, and Pluteaceau Families Cortinariaceae, Crepidotaceae, and Inocybaceae Famies Hymenagastraceae, Psathyrellaceae, and Strophariaceae Family Agaricaceae Conventional Order Russulales Family Russulaceae Conventional Order Boletales Orders Hymenochaetales, Polyporales, and some anamolous members of Agaricales and Russulales, mostly with pored hymenia but some with diverse hymenial forms Orders Cantharellales, Gomphales, and Thelephorales and some atypical members of other orders: Chanterells, corals, and tooth mushrooms Order Tremellales and other jellies Order Phallales: Stinkhorns Conventional Class Gasteromycetes: Gasteroid fungi Phylum Ascomycota Orders Helotiales, Leotiales, Pezizales, and Phacidiales: Mostly cup fungi Orders Boliniales, Hypocreales, and Xylariales Myxomycetes, or Mycetozoa: The slime molds More on Mushrooms Sex Lies, and the Truth about Mushrooms, Dean Abel, Sherry Kay, and Ben Sikes Kansas Habitats: Where to Find Mushrooms, Ben Sikes and Bruce Horn Forays: A Basic Kit and Some Risks, Sherry Kay Online Resources for Identifying Mushrooms, Ben Sikes Mushrooms in the Kitchen, Sherry Kay Growing Mushrooms in Kansas, Terry Shistar Mycological Latin, Richard Kay Mycology in Kansas: A Brief History, Richard Kay A Life List for the Kansas Mycophile, Sherry Kay Appendix A: Relationships among the Species of Phylum Basidiomycota Appendix B: Relationships among the Species of Phylum Ascomycota Glossary Picture Credits Index

"A mycological masterpiece! This delightful and practical guidebook is an invaluable companion to anyone interested in experiencing the fascinating world of wild mushrooms."--Jonathan M. Conard, professor of biology at Sterling College and coauthor of Kansas Trail Guide "I have been looking forward to the revised A Guide to Kansas Mushrooms. It is finally here and provides an outstanding up-to-date resource for mushroom enthusiasts. Its revised taxonomy, updated images, and insightful commentaries make this field guide a true pleasure to own and use."--Ari Jumpponen, professor of biology at Kansas State University "This is a must-have updated guide to Kansas mushrooms with very helpful photos, descriptions, keys, and notes on both edible and poisonous species. Whether one is a forager or just interested in what is the identification of that curious fungus, this book will provide very useful advice."--Kelly Kindscher, author of Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie: An Ethnobotanical Guide