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EDIBLE MUSHROOMS & POISONOUS LOOK-A-LIKES
BOLETACEAE
AMANITA
LACTARIUS
RUSSULA
ARTICLES by Bill Bakaitis
PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING THE IDENTIFICATION OF MUSHROOMS By Bill Bakaitis
Psycological Factors in the Identification of Mushrooms Part Two: Memory, Meaning, Symbols, Language & Reality
PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF MUSHROOMS:PART III: IS DNA ANALYSIS THE ANSWER? Bill Bakaitis Feb 2010
On Finding Volvariella speciosa: A Meditation(Thoughts of a Naturalist in a Technological Era)(First published in Mushroom the Journal, Fall 2005)
DIAGNOSIS AT A DISTANCE: Issues raised by a recent case involving GI Distress and life threatening symptoms attributed to 'edible' mushrooms.
LATE BLIGHT - PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS - SWEEPS THROUGH THE NORTHEAST
POISON CONTROL & the INTERNET
A SUCCESSFUL STRATEGY FOR FINDING MORELS
FINDING LOTS OF MORELS IS NOT NECESSARILY A GOOD THING
MORELS FROM THE APPLE ORCHARDS:A LOOK AT SOME TOXINS, SOME RISKS,AND NEED FOR SPECIFIC RESEARCH

The ‘type’ species for the genus Lactarius, though recently it has been suggested that it is more closely related to species of russula than to other species of lactarius! First described by Linnaeus, the Swedish ‘Father of Taxonomy.' 028-001