Mushrooms and Other Fungi of the Midcontinental US 2nd Ed. This completely revised second edition provides all the information necessary to identify mushrooms in the field in the midcontinental region of Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The author describe each species' cap, gills, stalk, annulus, and season when they are most likely to be seen as well as such characteristics as edibility and toxicity. Most important are the keys, which lead the dedicated reader to the major groups of fungi included in this guide.The first edition has been improved in significant ways. There were originally 224 species; now there are 248. Some of the new photos, 125 in all, serve as a second photo for a species, where it is helpful to show details that cannot be viewed in a single photo. The authors have updated scientific names, added photos where there were none and replaced poor photos with better ones, improved the keys, added some species and deleted others, added a section on truffles, and annotated the bibliography. 6 X 9, 370 page, paperback. To Order By Phone Call Toll Free: 866-596-9982