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Mushroom Poisoning: The Role of Careless Identifications
Author : Michael W. Beug, Chair, NAMA Toxicology Committee | BEN No. 416 | 20 October 2009
I have always considered the consumption of edible wild mushrooms a safe and enjoyable, indeed healthful, pastime. ... However, lately when I am leading a group in the woods, I have been reluctant to assure others that even my [identifiable at] 55 mile per hour mushrooms are foolproof. What follows are some accounts of recent misidentifications that stagger the imagination. ....
Vegetation-Plot Data and Databases in Europe
Author : Publication Abstract | BEN No. 416 | 20 October 2009
Schaminée J. H. J., Hennekens S. M., Chytrý M. and Rodwell J. S. (2009): Vegetation-plot data and databases in Europe: an overview. - Preslia 81: 173-185. During the last decade many electronic databases of vegetation plots, mainly phytosociological relevés, were established in different European countries. These databases contain information which is extremely valuable for both testing various macroecological hypotheses and for nature conservation surveying or monitoring. The aim of this paper is to provide estimates of the number of vegetation plots there are in Europe, how many are stored in an electronic format and to assess their distribution across European countries and regions. ....
Book Review: Mushrooms of the Pacific NorthwestBook Announcement - Audubon: Beyond Birds
Author : Book Announcement | BEN No. 416 | 20 October 2009
Small E., P.M. Catling, J. Cayouette, and B. Brookes. 2009. Plant portraits and conservation heritage of John James Audubon. NRC Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. xiv + 266 p. ISBN-13: 978-0-660-19894-1 [hardcover] CAN$49.95 ...
New York Botanical Garden: Recent Bryological Publications
Author : Book Announcement | BEN No. 416 | 20 October 2009
Two titles: Anderson, Lewis E., A. Jonathan Shaw, and Blanka Shaw. 2009. Peat Mosses of the Southeastern United States. (Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden, Volume 102.) New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, NY. 126 p. ISBN: 0-89327-505-0 [hardcover] Price US$42. .... Gradstein S. Robbert, and Anna Luiza Ilkiu-Borges. 2009. Guide to the Plants of Central French Guiana Part 4. Liverworts and Hornworts (Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76,4) New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, NY. 144 p. ISBN 0-89327-506-9 [hardcover] Price: $52 ...
Taxonomy of Bromus Sections Bromus, Bromopsis and Genea (Poaceae) in British Columbia: a Summary, a Key, New Records, Specimen Citations, and Miscellaneous Notes
Author : Jeffery M. Saarela, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 8A5 | BEN No. 415 | 6 October 2009
Bromus L. is a large and taxonomically complex grass genus that includes more than 160 species distributed in temperate regions worldwide. The genus is distinguished from other grass genera by the combination of leaf sheaths that are closed for most of their length, awns that are inserted subapically, and hairy appendages on the apices of the ovary. Approximately 80 Bromus species are currently recognized in North, Central, and South America; 29 of these reportedly occur in Canada. It is the second-largest grass genus in British Columbia; only Poa L., with 31 species, has greater species richness in the province. .....
