McIlvainea: Journal of American Amateur Mycology

McIlvainea is published by the North American Mycological Association (NAMA) and accepts original and review articles on all aspects of fungi. The instructions for authors can be found in the most recent issue of McIlvainea.

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McIlvainea Vol. 18, 2009

Intro pages and table of contents
From the Editor
A Mycological Florilegium: A Selection of Articles Published in 2007 and 2008. Else C. Vellinga
A Phylogenetic Classification of the Inocybaceae. P. Brandon Matheny
Names, Names, Names: When Nomenclature Meets Molecules. Ron Petersen and Karen Hughes
Mushroom Mysteries: Was This a Mushroom Poisoning? Marilyn Shaw and Michael Beug
The Rewards of Indiscriminate Mycophagia. Andrus Voitk
Animal Poisoning by Amanita pantherina and Amanita muscaria: A Commentary. Michael Beug and Marilyn Shaw
NAMA Toxicology Committee Report for 2007: Recent Mushroom Poisonings in North America. Michael W. Beug
NAMA Toxicology Committee Report for 2008: Recent Mushroom Poisonings in North America. Michael W. Beug
Voucher Report for the 2007: North American Mycological Association Foray
Voucher Report for the 2008: North American Mycological Association Foray
Instructions for Authors

McIlvainea Vol. 17, No. 1, 2007

From the Editor
Letter to the Editor. Paragyrodon Sphaerosporus: Edible or Poisonous? Dave Layton
A Compendium of Work, by Henk Van de Gaag
A Mycological Florilegium: Fungal Communities. Else C. Vellinga
The Taste of Mushrooms. Robert M. Hallock
Mushrooming in the Age of DNA: Now Comes the Fun Part. Michael Kuo
Loss of Some Lamellae Does Not Significantly Reduce Sport Discharge in Gymnopus. Satoshi Yamashita, Atoshi Yamashita, and Naoki Hijii
Voucher Report for the 2006 Alberta Foray
NAMA Toxicology Committee Report for 2006: Recent Poisonings in North America. Michael W. Beug, Ph.D.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Fresh Mushrooms. Britt A. Bunyard and Mary Zimmerman
Newfoundland & Labrador 2006 Foray Report. Andrus Voitk
Instructions for Authors

McIlvainea Vol. 16, No. 2, 2006

From the Editor
Ethnomycological Notes from Papua, New Guinea. Roland Treu and Win Adamson
What Ever Happened to the Shaggy Parasol? Else C. Vellinga
Fungicidal Efficacy Studies Discover Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria and Fungi Isolated from the Environment in Northeastern Ohio. Michael D'Onofrio and Britt A. Bunyard
Voucher Report for the 2005 Foray. Patrick Leacock
The Incidence of Mushroom Poisonings in Turkey from 1965 to 2000, with a Comparison to Cases from North America. Fahrettin Gucin, Ph.D. and Britt A. Bunyard, Ph.D.
Thirty-Plus Years of Mushroom Poisoning: Summary of the Approximately 2,000 Reports in the NAMA Case Registry. Michael W. Beug, Marilyn Shaw, and Kenneth W. Cochran
Relative Toxicity of Amanita Amino Acids. Dennis C. Drehmel and W. Scott Chilton
Remembering Bill Cibula, Orson Miller, and Elizabeth Moses
Instructions for Authors

McIlvainea Vol. 16, No. 1, 2006

From the Editor
The First Cover
From the Archives
A Mycological Florilegium: Literature of 2001–2005. Else C. Vellinga
The May Model: A Proposed Model of the Mushroom Foray. Andrus Voitk
Paragyrodon Sphaerosporus: A Mid-western Endemic? Else C. Vellinga, Becky de la Houssaye, Rose-Lee Brace, and Vera Evenson
Report on Newfoundland and Labrador Foray 2005. Andrus Voitk
Unwitting Accomplices: How Fungi Trick Insects into Doing Their Bidding. Britt A. Bunyard
The Poisoning of Count Achilles de Vecchj and the Origins of American Amateur Mycology. David W. Rose
Melzer's, Lugol's or Iodine for Identification of White-spored Agaricales? Lawrence M. Leonard
The Mushroom Poisonings 2001–2004. Michael W. Beug
Instructions for Authors

McIlvainea Vol. 15, No. 1, 2001

Clark T. Rogerson, A Remembrance - Sandy Sheine
A Comparison of taxonomic keys to species within the genus Russula. Jane E. Smith and Teresa Lebel
Mycological dispatches 2001-summaries of recent research papers on North American macrofungi. Lorelei L. Norvell
Mushrooms, nutrient cycles and stable isotopes. Steve Trudell
A Renaissance Phallus. Elio Schaechter and Jean-Marie Pirlot
Ants, agarics, and antibiotics. Cameron Currie
Musings on "mushrooming". Nancy S. Weber
Competition and coexistence of unit-restricted fungi. John Paul Schmit
2000 Annual report of the North American Mycological Association's mushroom poisoning case registry. Kenneth W. Cochran
Toxic mushrooms and mushroom toxins: selected references, 2000. Kenneth W. Cochran

McIlvainea Vol. 14, No. 2, 2000

Bully for Coprinus. Scott A. Redhead
Is it Sinuate or Emarginate? Lawrence M. Leonard
William Chambers Coker. Andrew S. Methven
1999 annual report of the North American Mycological Association's mushroom poisoning case registry. Kenneth W. Cochran
Harry Delbert Thiers. Barbara M. Thiers and Roy E. Halling
Musings of a mycological miner-2000: research summaries on North American macrofungi, lichens, & myxomycetes. Lorelei L. Norvell
Polypore primer: An introduction to the characters used to identify poroid wood decay fungi. Tom Volk
Toxic mushrooms and mushroom toxins: selected references, 1999. Kenneth W. Cochran
Indexes to Volumes 11-14. Compiled by L. Guttman

McIlvainea Vol. 14, No. 1, 1999

Harry Knighton: A Memorial. Don Huffman
A field guide to common genera of hypogeous and gasteroid Basidiomycetes of North America. Steven L. Miller
Mushroom trails to freedom - Anthony Jandacek
Forest Management and the diversity of wood-inhabiting fungi. Daniel L. Lindner Czederpiltz, Glen R. Stanosz, & Harold H. Burdsall, Jr.
Pier Antonio Micheli, the father of modern mycology: a paean. Elio Schaechter
Musings of a mycological miner-1999: summaries from papers on North American macrofungi, lichens, & myxomycetes. Lorelei L. Norvell
Fungal Database development and early historical records of mushrooms from Canada. S.A. Redhead and G. Baillargeon
Stachybotrys atra is now being recognized as a serious toxic indoor airborne mold pollutant. Bill Freedman
Utilizing foray records to document fungal diversity across North America: A poster for the International Botanic Congress. Patrick R. Leacock, Gregory M. Mueller, David P. Lewis, & John F. Murphy
1998 annual report of the North American Mycological Association's mushroom poisoning case registry. Kenneth W. Cochran
Toxic mushrooms and mushroom toxins: selected references, 1998 Kenneth W. Cochran

McIlvainea Vol. 13, No. 2, 1998

Two Poems. Rodham E. Tulloss
Ethnomycology of Tlaxcala, Mexico. Adriana Montoya Esquivel
Ectomycorrhizal agaricales of Tlaxcala, Mexico. Alejandro Kong Luz
Myxomycetes of the state of Tlaxcala. Mercedes Rodriguez Palma
Evolutionary relationships of the powdery mildews (Erysiphales) inferred from ribosomal DNA sequences. Gregory S. Saenz
Musings of a mycological miner. Walter Litte
Contributions to the study of gasteromycetes of Puerto Rico. Angel M. Nieves-Rivera, D. Jean Lodge, and Orson K. Miller
The changing nature of fungal names and systematics. Thomas J. Volk and Karen K. Nakasone
What does the red-backed vole have to do with Wynnea sparassoides and Wynnea americana in North America? Edward T. Bosman
Poisonous mushrooms and mushroom toxins: Selected references, 1997. Kenneth W. Cochran
1997 annual report of NAMA's mushroom poisoning case registry. John H. Trestrail III

McIlvainea Vol. 13, No. 1, 1997

Tropical connections: Sister species and species in common between the Caribbean and the eastern United States. T.J. Baroni, D. Jean Lodge, & Sharon A. Cantrell
Why dogs eat mushrooms. John P. Aldridge
Ecology and evolution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Stephen P. Bentivenga
Orchid-fungal symbiosis and its value in conservation. Lawrence W. Zettler
Provisional world key to species closely related to Amanita hemibapha with notes on the slender Caesar's mushrooms of eastern North America. Rodham E. Tulloss
Recent referee-reviewed research reports. Walter Litten
Poisonous mushrooms and mushroom toxins: Selected references, 1996. Kenneth W. Cochran
Mushroom poisoning case registry: NAMA report 1996. John H. Trestrail III

McIlvainea Vol. 12, No. 2, 1996

Fungal life on the arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Gro Gulden
Macrofungal ecology in the Namib desert: a fruitful or futile study? Kathryn M. Jacobson
How identification of "Little Brown Mushroom" (LBM) genera may not be as hard as you think! John Neville
Helen V. Smith, a woman of many interests. Nancy Smith Weber
Fungal inventories — a status report and an exhortation. John F. Murphy
Poisonous mushrooms and mushroom toxins: selected references, 1995. Kenneth W. Cochran
Recent referee-reviewed research reports. Walter Litten
Mushroom poisoning case registry: NAMA report 1995. John H. Trestrail III

McIlvainea Vol. 12, No. 1, 1995

Helen V. Smith (1909-1995). Nancy Smith Weber
Loving the chanterelle to death? The ten-year Oregon chanterelle project. Lorelei Norvell
Mycorrhizal fungi in Montana and Idaho aspen stands. Cathy L. Cripps
The genus Russula — a method of study. Raymond M. Fatto
Cultivating the fabled black diamond (truffle). Franklin E. Garland
Belowground fungi: hidden but not forgotten. Jane E. Smith
Mushrooms to cultivate minds and morals: the works of Mary Banning. John H. Hanes
Poisonous mushrooms and mushroom toxins: selected references, 1994. Kenneth W. Cochran
Mushroom poisoning case registry: NAMA report 1994. John H. Trestrail III
Recent referee-reviewed research reports. Walter Litten