By John A. McPhee
ISBN-10: 0783887744
ISBN-13: 9780783887746
The keep watch over of Nature is John McPhee's bestselling account of locations the place individuals are locked in strive against with nature. Taking us deep into those contested territories, McPhee info the strageties and strategies by which humans try and regulate nature. so much remarkable is his depiction of the most contestants: nature in advanced and notable guises, and people trying to wrest keep watch over from her - obdurate, occasionally foolhardy, extra frequently creative, and continually arresting characters.
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Pluteus romellii, p. 320 22) Cap gray to brown; stem not yellow...................................................................................... 23 23) Cap gray to brownish gray, small (1–3 cm), prominently lined with cracks and fissures extending from the margin nearly to the center................................................ Pluteus longistriatus, p. 318 23) Cap brown, size varying, not lined........................................................................................ 24 25 26 Identification Keys 24) Cap small (1–4 cm), often with a striking veined pattern over the center...................................
Weber. 1979. How to know the gilled mushrooms. Dubuque: Wm. C. Brown. ———. 1981. How to know the non-gilled mushrooms. Dubuque: Wm. C. Brown. 21 4 Identification Keys A Key to Major Groups of Mushrooms 1) Mushroom with gills or false gills............................................................................................ 2 1) Mushroom without gills.......................................................................................................... 6 2) Growing shelf-like on wood; mushroom tough and leathery, corky, or woody (try tearing it in half ); gills tough and hard (sometimes slot-like or maze-like)....................................................
7 6) Mushroom without pores........................................................................................................ 8 Identification Keys 7) Mushroom growing on the ground; cap and stem clearly defined; cap usually more or less round in outline................................................................. Key J, Terrestrial Pored Mushrooms, p. Key K, Pored Mushrooms on Wood, p. 62 8) Mushroom with spines or “teeth” either on the underside of a cap, or hanging from a branched structure, or clumped together in an indistinct mass..................................................................
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