British Basidiomycetae: A Handbook to the Larger British Fungi (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Rea, Carleton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1334005249 ISBN 13: 9781334005244

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from British Basidiomycetae: A Handbook to the Larger British Fungi

The sporophore is of different shapes, e.g. Globose as in puff balls, sessile with outstretched flaps as in Stereum, erect, clavate, coralloid or dendroid as in Clavaria, or differentiated into dis tinct stem, pileus or cap and hymenium-bearing surface as in the mushroom. When young the sporophore is often completely surrounded by a universal veil or membrane termed the volva which is ruptured by the growth of the stem and in many species portions or traces of this remain permanently at the base of the stem. A second membrane or partial veil consisting of either interwoven or arachnoid threads often protects the hymenial surface before it is mature and extends from the stem to the margin of the pileus: it either disappears completely or remains as a ring on the stem, or in appendiculate fragments at the margin of the pileus. The wall surrounding the Gasteromycetae is termed the peridium and consists of one, two, or more layers, the exoperidium to the exterior and the endogaeridium to the interior. The peridium sometimes incloses separate hymenium bearing bodies, the peridiola, which are either free, attached by a cord funiculus) or form a compound structure. The contents of the peridium are collectively known as the gleba; in addition to spores there are often certain threads, the capillitium, which arise either directly from the base, from the walls of the peridium or are attached to a denser central portion, the columella.

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Book Description

Originally published in 1922, this book describes the fungi native to Great Britain that reproduce through the dispersal of basidiospores from specialised end cells. Rea catalogues the colour, appearance, taste, typical growth season and rarity of over 2500 basidiomycetae with an eye for detail that ensured that this book became the standard reference text for years after its publication.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1334005249
• ISBN 13: 9781334005244
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 820