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. Madrono, Vol. 60, No. 1, p. 55, 2013 REVIEW Field Guide to Mushrooms means that the photos are rather small. The ofWesternNorthAmerica. quality of the photos varies from stunning to By R. Michael Davis, mediocre. Important characters to recognize the Robert Sommer, and species are often, but not always visible, and in John A. Menge. 2012. some cases the name does not match the photo University of California (e.g., Entoloma sericeum and Lichenomphalia Press, Berkeley, Los An- umbellifera). Very educational and illustrative is geles, London. 459 pp. the photo of Russula cremoricolor, showing the ISBN 978-0-520-27107-4, red and the white fruitbodies side by side. $70.00, hardcover; ISBN It is always important to know w—here the 978-0-520-27108-1, $26.95, descriptions and the photos come from are the paperback. descriptions based on the material that is in the photo? Are they taken from the literature (and if sowhatisthesource), orisitageneraldescription from the authors’ experience? This issue is not Western North America, and California in covered in theintroduction, but in somecasesitis particular, has a rich mycoflora. This new clear that the description and the photo do not guidebookwith pictures and descriptions ofmore match. Thisisinparticularthecaseforthephotos than 300 species provides a good introduction to that were taken in Europe (e.g., Amanitapanther- this diversity. In general, many western species ina, Trichoglossum hirsutum, Ascocoryne sar- are still insufficiently known and nameless and coides, and Phallus impudicus). Furthermore, more study is desperately needed. The present there is no note in the text saying that these work gives as many current names as possible, photos were taken outside western North Amer- and informs us that the names which are ica. As pointed out in the book itself, European presently in use for many other species might names have been and are widely misapplied to not be the correct ones. To give an example, the westernNorthAmericanspecies. UsingEuropean well-knownfly agaricmushroomwiththe redcap photos is not helpful and merely adds to the and white dots, Amanita muscaria, is a Eurasian confusion. species that also occurs in Alaska, but is as far as The species—coverage in the book is fairly known absent from California; the local fly comprehensive the most commonly encoun- agaric species is North American in its distribu- tered species in northern California and the tion but has not been named yet. Sierra Nevada are represented, where as southern The format of the book follows that of other Californiaislesswellrepresentedwith only avery guidebooks in this series, with an introduction few desert fungi. However, it is the most up-to- (covering the topics: What is a Mushroom?; date guidebook for California species available. I Fungal Ecology; and Collecting Mushrooms), a recommend it, with the caveats given above, for short chapter on classif—ication and keys, followed everybody who is eager to learn more about their bythe bulk ofthe book the species descriptions. local mushrooms. The price is right, and its small At the back we find a chapter on fungal arts and size and weight make it easy to take out into the crafts, a glossary, resources, and an index. field. Each species is represented by a short description and a photo and is compared with other —ELSEC.VELLINGA,DepartmentofPlantandMicro- species that are or are not depicted in the book. bial Biology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102 In general there is one species per page, which [email protected]

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