Milk mushrooms of North America
Subtitle: a field identification guide to the genus Lactarius
By: Alan E. Bessette, David B. Harris, and Arleen R. Bessette.
Contributors: Harris, David B. 1951-; Bessette, Arleen Rainis, 1951-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780815632290
Subjects: Lactarius -- North America -- Identification -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Mushrooms -- North America -- Identification -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Identification; Handbooks, manuals, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the genus Lactarius; title: The genus Lactarius defined; title: Identification features; title: Ecology; title: Edibility of Lactarius species; title: Notes on the descriptions of species and varieties; title: Field characteristics of Lactarius species; title: Information about the field keys to Lactarius species; title: Regional key to Lactarius species and their relatives; title: Key to eastern Lactarius species; title: Key to western Lactarius species; title: Species and varieties: descriptions and illustrations; title: Genera and species related to Lactarius; title: Hyperparasites of the genus Lactarius.