The Fungi Files: 7 Books on the Fascinating World of Mushrooms
Historic Guides to Mushroom Identification, Ecology, Edibility, and Poisonous SpeciesBy George Francis Atkinson, Charles McIlvaine, Robert K. Macadam, Roy Watling, M. J. Richardson, Ellen M. Dallas, Caroline A. Burgin, M. C. Cooke
Length62h 25m
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The Fungi Files gathers seven investigations into mushrooms and their allied forms, presenting fungi as scientific specimens, ecological agents, culinary possibilities, and sources of enduring wonder. Across field-oriented description, taxonomic observation, practical guidance, and reflective natural history, the volume traces the breadth of writing fostered by mycology. Its standout strength lies in the movement between close attention to individual species and larger questions of classification, habitat, decay, symbiosis, and human use. The contributors—George Francis Atkinson, Charles McIlvaine, Robert K. Macadam, Roy Watling, M. J. Richardson, Ellen M. Dallas, Caroline A. Burgin, and M. C. Cooke—collectively represent a tradition in which amateur observation, professional science, public education, and regional study productively intersect. Their varied approaches illuminate the historical development of mushroom knowledge, especially the shift from folklore and caution toward systematic identification and ecological understanding. Read together, these voices situate fungi within the wider natural-history and mycological movements that made overlooked organisms legible to broad audiences. This collection is recommended to readers of natural history, environmental humanities, and the history of science. It offers an unusually rich opportunity to compare methods, vocabularies, and assumptions across a single subject, while inviting sustained attention to the fungal world's complexity and significance.
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GenreScience and Nature, Literary Classics
Length62 hrs 25 mins
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Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc
2Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc
3INTRODUCTION.
4CHAPTER III.
5CHAPTER VI. (pt. 1)
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6CHAPTER VI. (pt. 2)
7CHAPTER VII.
8CHAPTER IX.
9CHAPTER X.
10CHAPTER XII.
11CHAPTER XVII.
12CHAPTER XXI.
13CHAPTER XXII.
14INDEX OF GENERA, AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
15INDEX TO SPECIES.
16Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi
17Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi
18PREFACE
19INTRODUCTION
20INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
21ABBREVIATIONS OF THE NAMES OF AUTHORS OF SPECIES
22NAMES OF THE PRINCIPAL REPORTERS OF AMERICAN SPECIES
23Sub-Class BASIDIOMYCETES (pt. 1)
24Sub-Class BASIDIOMYCETES (pt. 2)
25Sub-Class BASIDIOMYCETES (pt. 3)
26Sub-Class BASIDIOMYCETES (pt. 4)
27Sub-Class BASIDIOMYCETES (pt. 5)
282. Pileus hygrophanous. (pt. 1)
292. Pileus hygrophanous. (pt. 2)
302. Pileus hygrophanous. (pt. 3)
312. Pileus hygrophanous. (pt. 4)
322. Pileus hygrophanous. (pt. 5)
33Sub-Class ASCOMYCETES.
34Cohort PYRENOMYCETES.
35Sub-Class BASIDIOMYCETES.
36Cohort GASTROMYCETES. Gr—gasteron, a sac, etc.
37TOADSTOOL POISONING AND ITS TREATMENT
38RECIPES FOR COOKING AND PREPARING FOR THE TABLE
39INDEX TO GENERA
40INDEX TO SPECIES
41INDEX TO RECIPES FOR COOKING AND PREPARING FOR THE TABLE
42INDEX TO GENERAL CONTENTS
43SUPPLEMENT ONE THOUSAND AMERICAN FUNGI
44RAISING MUSHROOMS AT HOME
45Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous
46Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous
47EDITED BY JULIUS A. PALMER, JR.
48Identification of the Larger Fungi
49Identification of the Larger Fungi
50PREFACE
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