Michael Beug’s second edition of his illustrated key to mushrooms in our area, Mushrooms of Cascadia, is now available. Unlike his first edition, which we had trouble getting in Canada, this volume should show up in some of our bookstores. It can also be purchased online in Canadian dollars.
It is a much more handsome volume than Michael’s first edition, with better typesetting and layout. He has also added two sample walkthroughs of his key at the front to show people how to use the book.
The coverage continues to be impressive. The index of scientific names at the back has about 1700 species names. There are now 1100 photographs. All but 3 of the photos are by Michael himself or from the photographs of Harley and Kim Scates Barnhart, which Michael curates.
Michael has brought the scientific names up to date and has done a thorough rewrite of the text. This time he has included location information, so we can tell whether the mushrooms are found North America, Europe, Asia, and/or Africa.
— Kem Luther
