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Mushroom the Journal is providing this recent issue as a pdf for free download for those of you who can’t get out to the woods. This issue covers North American morel species, an expedition to Venezuela, using fungi to color wood, and a host of spectacular images.

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Amanita muscaria

Eastern A. muscaria group. Photo by Pam Kaminski.

Mushroom Identification

[symple_toggle title=”Starting Out” state=”closed”] Collecting and learning about mushrooms
The First Time We Saw Mushrooms
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[symple_toggle title=”The Identification Course” state=”closed”] 1. The Species Concept
2. Universal Veils
3. Partial Veils
4. Spore color
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[symple_toggle title=”Mushroom Profiles” state=”closed”] The genus Amanita
Echinodontium ballouii: a real American ivory-billed woodpecker
Spongiforma squarepantsii
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Half-free morels. Photo by John Denk.

Half-free morels. Photo by John Denk.

Mushrooms and People

[symple_toggle title=”Biographies and Interviews” state=”closed”] Lorelei Norvell
Cardy Raper
W. H. Ballou
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[symple_toggle title=”Eating Mushrooms” state=”closed”] Edibility and poisoning
Cooking Wild Mushrooms
Preserving Wild Mushrooms
more species and recipes
Amanita regalis, an obscure but severely poisonous mushroom
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Mushroom Clubs
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Cortinarius gills

Cortinarius gills. Photo by Craig Bennett.

Mushroom Biology and Taxonomy

[symple_toggle title=”Fungal Fundamentals” state=”closed”] What is a mushroom made of?
How many mushrooms are there?
Deconstructing the Kingdoms
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