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.
“Birds, flowers, insects, stones delight the observant. Why not toadstools? A tramp after them is absorbing, study of them interesting, and eating of them health-giving and supremely satisfying.” -Charles McIlvaine(1840-1909)
McIlvainea Vol. 33, 2024
- Introducing the Ohio Mushroom DNA Lab: Early Lessons and Contributions from a New Community-Driven Nanopore Sequencing Laboratory Kyle Canan, Mandie Quark, Stephen Russell, Scott Ostuni, Alan Rockefeller, Jessica Williams, Sarah Culliton, Zach Geurin, Joshua Birkebak
- Psilocybe niveotropicalis: a new species of psilocybin containing mushroom from South Florida Scott Ostuni, Alan Rockefeller, Jordan Jacobs, Joshua Birkebak
- A Review of Recent Medicinal/Culinary Mushroom Scientific Reports and Moving Beyond Anecdotes: A Proposal for a Medicinal Mushroom Database Michael W. Beug
- Psilocybe caeruleorhiza: a new, cold weather fruiting species of psilocybin containing mushroom from the midwest in section Aztecorum Kyle Canan, Scott Ostuni, Alan Rockefeller, Joshua Birkebak
McIlvainea Vol. 32, 2023
- Cover
- Mycena jingyinga: a recently described species from Taiwan is reported in North America Kyle Canan, Scott Ostuni, Mandie Quark, and Joshua Birkebak
- Cortinarius saniosus Reported from Tropical and Subtopical Florida with Unique Genotype Shared among Midwestern and Southeastern, but not Boreal/Montane, North American Collections Scott Ostuni, Kyle Canan, Joshua Birkebak
- Comparative Color Reaction of Amanita Spores with Lugol’s and Melzer’s Iodine Patrick Verdier
McIlvainea Vol. 31, 2022
- DNA Barcode Identification of Macrofungi by Community Scientists Emily Cantonwine, Allison Arnold, Todd Osmundson, Bill Sheehan, and Stephen Russell
- Medicinal Mushrooms and Amateur Mycology: Problems with Anecdotal ‘Evidence’ Bill Bakaitis
McIlvainea Vol. 30, 2021
McIlvainea Vol. 29, 2020
McIlvainea Vol. 28, 2019
- Scientific Research & Medicinal Fungi Dianna Smith
- Ling-zhi, the Chinese Elixir of Immortality Dianna Smith
- Oxalates in Chaga– A Potential Health Threat. Michael Beug
- Voucher Report for the 2018 Foray Patrick Leacock
- Oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus cultivation on corrugated wax coated cardboard waste Tim Prokesch
McIlvainea Vol. 26, 2017
- From the McIlvainea Editor (pdf) Michael Beug
- White paper on strategies to reduce risks and expand appreciation of foraged wild mushrooms (pdf) Anna Bazzicalupoetal.
McIlvainea Vol. 25, 2016
- Mushroom Poisoning in North America (pdf) Michael Beug
- Amatoxin Mushroom Poisoning in North America (pdf) Michael Beug
McIlvainea Vol. 24, 2015
- From the Editor: Commit to Mycology Willow Nero
- Three Popular Medicinal Mushroom Supplements (pdf) Megan Frost
- Three Popular Medicinal Mushroom Supplements (web page) Megan Frost
- 2014 NAMA Toxicology Committee Report — North American Poisonings Michael Beug
- Voucher Report for the 2014 Patrice Benson Memorial Foray Patrick Leacock
McIlvainea Vol. 23, 2014
- From the Editor. Michael Beug
- Corticioid Fungi in North America. Dimitrios Floudas
- An Interesting Case of Mushroom Poisoning. James Addison
- Cauliflower Tales. Ron Petersen and Karen Hughes
- Mushrooms as Medicinals: a literature review. Lawrence Leonard
- 2013 NAMA Toxicology Committee Report. Michael Beug
- 2012 Voucher Collection Report (pdf)
- 2013 Voucher Collection Report (pdf)
- Is It Time For Morels Yet? Jeanne D. Mihail
- Instructions for Authors
McIlvainea Vol. 22, 2013
- From the Editor
- North American Mycoflora Project. Else Vellinga
- Scientific Vouchers of North American Macrofungi. Barbara Thiers
- 2012 NAMA Toxicology Committee Report. Michael Beug
McIlvainea Vol. 21, 2012
- From the Editor
- Toward a North American Mycoflora. Tom Bruns
- Boletus huronensis: Comments on its toxicity. Bill Bakaitis
- NAMA Toxicology Committee Report for 2011. Michael Beug
- Polyporic Acid in Fungi. Michael Beug
- Shiitake Dermatitis Alert. Michael Beug
- Voucher Report for the 2011 North American Mycological Association Foray Patrick Leacock
- Instructions for Authors
McIlvainea Vol. 20, 2011
- From the Editor
- Bondarzewia mesenterica in culture, the market and wild. Jonathan Frank
- NAMA Toxicology Committee Report for 2010. Michael Beug
- Pleurocybella porrigens toxin unmasked. Michael Beug
- Voucher Report for the 2010 North American Mycological Association Foray Patrick Leacock
- Instructions for Authors
McIlvainea Vol. 19, 2010
- From the Editor
- Dracula Orchids. Bryn Dentinger and Bitty Roy
- Phylogeny, Natural Selection and the State of Mushroom Classification. Todd Osmundson
- NAMA Toxicology Committee Report for 2009. Michael Beug
- The Pacific Northwest Key Council. Michael Beug
- Western Spring Ramaria Species: Subgenera Laeticolora and Ramaria: Trial Key. Michael Beug
- Voucher Report for the 2009 North American Mycological Association Foray Patrick Leacock
- Instructions for Authors
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 Patrick Leacock
- Voucher Report for the 2008 North American Mycological Association Foray Patrick Leacock
- 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
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Fresh Mushrooms. Britt A. Bunyard and Mary Zimmerman
- Newfoundland & Labrador 2006 Foray Report. AndrusVoitk
- 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
- ParagyrodonSphaerosporus: 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. ThiersandRoyE. Halling
- Musings of a mycological miner-2000: research summaries on North American macrofungi, lichens, & myxomycetes. Lorelei L. Norvell
- Polyporeprimer: 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
- Stachybotrysatraisnowbeingrecognizedasa 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. RodhamE. 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. TrestrailIII
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 arbuscularmycorrhizalfungi. 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. TrestrailIII
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. TrestrailIII
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
- Below ground 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. TrestrailIII
- Recent referee-reviewed research reports. Walter Litten
McIlvainea Vol. 10, No. 2, 1992
- Mapping and monitoring of macromycetes in relation to nature conservation. Eef Arnolds
- New World Tuber pate. Larry Stickney
- An introduction to the infrageneric classification of Lacterius. Andrew S. Methven
- Recent referee-reviewed research reports. Walter Litten
- Mushrooms can cause allergic contact dermatitis. Johann N. Bruhn and Milton D. Soderberg
- Mushroom poisoning case registry: NAMA report 1991. J.H. Trestrail III
- Poisonous mushrooms and toxins: selected references, 1991. K.W. Cochran
- Alexander H. Smith’s pioneer mushroom hunting expedition to the Olympic peninsula. Helen V. Smith
- Added light on mushroom photography. Kit Scates Barnhart
- INDEXES TO VOLUMES 1-10. Compiled by L. Guttman
McIlvainea Vol. 10, No. 1, 1991
- My first field expedition with Alexander H. Smith. Helen V. Smith
- Shooting mushrooms–slides or prints? Steve Trudell
- Conflicting flows: the dynamics of mycelial territorialtiy. Alan D.M. Rayner
- Mushroom poisoning case registry: NAMA report ’89-’90. J.H. Trestrail III
- Poisonous mushrooms and mushroom toxins: selected references, 1990. K.W. and M.W. Cochran
- A case of mushroom poisoning involving Amanita virosas. R. Gazzero and R.D. Goos
- Keys to the genera of truffles (Ascomycetes). J.M. Trappe and M.A. Castellano
- Most mushrooms fluoresce. Walter Litten
- Understanding the morel life cycle: key to cultuvaltion. Thomas J. Volk
- Recent referee-reviewed research reports. Walter Litten
- Fungi in folk medicine. Alison Birks
- An elusive prize. Peter Katsaros
- McIlvainea Vol. 2, No. 1, 1975
- The Morel : A Study with a Moral (p. 1) Louis C. Krieger
- Forays in the Owyhee Desert (p. 6) Ellen Trueblood
- —And a Touch of Cyanide (p. 11) W. Scott Chilton
- Amanita phalloides in California (p. 13) David Arora
- Mushroom Postage Stamps (p. 15) Jeanne and Pat Peterson
- The Course of an Intentional Poisoning (p. 17) W. Scott Chilton
- Lexemuel Ray Hester (p. 19) A.J. Sharp
- An Incident of Mushroom Poisoning (p. 23) Arne Benson
- On Two Species of False Morels (Gyromitra) in Utah (p. 27) Kent H. McKnight
- Book Reviews (p. 40) D.M. Simons, H. Knighton, Mrs. Allein Stanley, and William Bridge Cooke
- Errata (p. 46)
McIlvainea Vol. 1, No. 1, 1972
- McIlvainea Vol. 1, No. 1, 1972
- The Man Who Ate Mushrooms. (p. 1)
- The Watling Papers (p. 9)
- Hints on the Microscopical Examination of the Agaric Fruit Body (p. 51) Roy Watling
- Key of Northeastern Amanita (p. 61) Rene Pomerleau
- Key to Northwest Mushrooms (Amanitas) (p. 73) Puget Sound Mycological Society
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