Basidiospore morphology in the Agaricales,

by David Norman Pegler

Pp. iv, 210; 53 full page black-and-white photo-plates, 32 text-figures (line-drawings). Publisher’s original gray stiff printed wrappers, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. Beihefte Nova Hedwigia, heft 35. This volume deals with the form and structure of the basidiospore using scanning electron microscopy. Using this methodology, over 500 species distributed through all families of the Agaricales have been studied on a world-wide basis representing 160 genera. The description of mature spores for an integral part of any specific diagnosis. This volume is from the private research collection of University of Michigan mycologist Alexander H. Smith.

53 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1971