An Illustrated Catalog of American Mushrooms

The United States Department of Agriculture's National Fungus Collections is one of the world's largest mycological institutions, housing over a million species of fungi. Mycologist Maurice Burke Walter's collection of fungi is also housed here--a fascinating collection revealing the often-solitary forays of the rather-retiring Walters, the then-nascent science of mycology, and the evolving interest of the USDA in documenting the nation's fungi species. This book contains an eclectic assortment of illustrated and documented fungi species drawn from the Walters collection. Encompassing contemporary meditations on ecology, mycology and pharmacology, the still-unexplored landscape of fungi knowledge is memorably demystified, perhaps, for practicing mycologists and enthusiastic foragers alike.