Fungi Treasure - Volume 1: Wild Edible Mushrooms Collection and Identification

Fungi Treasure: Chinese and American Edible Mushroom Treasures
by Mo-Mei Chen, University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley

Volume 1: Wild Edible Mushroom Collection and Identification
49 pages | $xx.xx | ISBN 978-1-407-9103-8

Volume 1 is an introduction about how non-mycologists can learn the wild edible mushroom collection and identification. It goes from the basics, such as “what is a fungus” and what are its morphological structures, to the systematic classification of edible fungal genus. The book mainly uses a key that classifies the fungi by their edibility genus. There are long-term extensive collections of pictures that help to visualize the differences between genus and species’ strains.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.1 What is a fungus? ..................................................................................................................... 1

1.2 What are Macro-fungi? ........................................................................................................... 1

1.3 Why are they called “Fungi (Fungus) Treasures”? .............................................................. 2

1.3.1 Fragrance

1.3.2 Delicious Taste

1.3.3 Anti-Tumor applications of Edible Fungi

1.4 Where can edible mushrooms be found? .............................................................................. 4

1.4.1 Vegetative Biodiversity

1.4.2 Altitude

1.4.3 Topography

1.4.4 Soil Type

1.4.5 Seasonal Phases

1.4.6 Bio-Succession of Forest Litter Layers

1.5 What are the Morphological features of Macro-fungi? ....................................................... 8

Gill Mushrooms

1.5.1 Hypha

1.5.2 Mycelium

1.5.3 Gills Fungi: Basidiocarp: Cap, Trama, Hymenophore, Primordium Formation, Gills, Stalk, Veil, Annulus, Volva

1.5.4 Polypore Fungi: Basidiocarp, Margin , Tubes, Context, Sclerotium

1.6 Edible Fungus Collection and Specimen Preservation .........................................................16

1.6.1 Specimen Collection Method

1.6.2 Preparation, Preservation and Description of Specimens

1.6 .3 Preliminary Indoor Treatment of Macro-fungus Specimens

1.6. 4 Preparation of Spore Prints

1.6.5 Naming and Filing of Specimens

1.6.6 Classified Index

1.7 Systematic Arrangement of Edible Mushrooms (Classified by Keys) ................................ 20

1.7.1 Key to the Edible Mushroom Group (Chen)

1.7.2 Key to the Genera of Ascomycetous Edible Fungi (Zhuang, Chen)

1.7.3 Key to the Genera of Basidiomycetous Edible Fungi ( Chen, Yang,Toligor)

1.8 The Study Methods of Fungi species in a new area (Alaska, Fairbanks as an example) ..32

1.8.1 Plan for the Collection of Information

1.8.2 Survey, Forms

1.8.3 Utilization of the US Long Term Ecosystem Observation Information:

1.8.4 Boundaries of the survey

1.8.5 Specimens: collection and preservation

1.8.6 Specimen Identification and Confirmation

Pictures ......................................................................................................................................34-47

Edible fungus collection form.......................................................................................................48