The Agaricaceae Of Ohio

Author : Wilmer Garfield Stover
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334009228
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Agaricaceae of Ohio written by Wilmer Garfield Stover and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Agaricaceae of Ohio: A Preliminary Report, With Keys to the Genera and Species; Contributions From the Botanical Laboratory of Miami University, VIII Many of the species are edible, and some are considered a great delicacy. Others are poisonous. And may cause serious illness or even death. A few are parasitic upon certain higher plants, notably upon the roots or trunks of trees, when they may cause extensive injury to the timber. Many are beautifully colored, red, yellow, purple, brown, white, etc., or quite large, or otherwise striking in appearance. For these reasons and others these plants are interesting objects of study. The present paper is essentially a preliminary report on the Agaricaceae of Ohio and consists of keys to the genera and species reported as occurring within the state. A glossary of descriptive terms and a bibliography of the literature pertaining to the Ohio species and other works, which will be found help ful to the student, are included. The list of species has been made up from the works (see bibliography) of Lea, Morgan, Hard, Lloyd, Peck. Berkeley. Kellerman and Montagne. Besides the species thus published. The list has been augmented by reference to specimens in the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden, the herbarium of the state botanist of New York, the herbarium of the Ohio State University and by the collections of the writer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.