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

McIlvainea Vol. 32, 2023

McIlvainea Vol. 31, 2022

McIlvainea Vol. 30, 2021

McIlvainea Vol. 29, 2020

McIlvainea Vol. 28, 2019

McIlvainea Vol. 26, 2017

McIlvainea Vol. 25, 2016

McIlvainea Vol. 24, 2015

McIlvainea Vol. 23, 2014

McIlvainea Vol. 22, 2013

McIlvainea Vol. 21, 2012

McIlvainea Vol. 20, 2011

McIlvainea Vol. 19, 2010

McIlvainea Vol. 18, 2009

McIlvainea Vol. 17, No. 1, 2007

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 AcidsDennis C. Drehmel and W. Scott Chilton
  • Remembering Bill Cibula, Orson Miller, and Elizabeth Moses
  • Instructions for Authors

McIlvainea Vol. 16, No. 1, 2006

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 LacteriusAndrew 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 virosasR. 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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