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. 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 PotentialHealthThreatMichael 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. DimitriosFloudas
- 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
- Instructions for Authors
McIlvainea Vol. 20, 2011
McIlvainea Vol. 19, 2010
- From the Editor
- Dracula Orchids. Bryn Dentinger/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
- 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. AndrusVoitk
- Animal Poisoning by Amanita pantherina and Amanita muscaria: A Commentary. Michael BeugandMarilynShaw
- 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. ParagyrodonSphaerosporus: 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, AtoshiYamashita, and NaokiHijii
- 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. BunyardandMaryZimmerman
- Newfoundland & Labrador 2006 Foray Report. AndrusVoitk
- Instructions for Authors
McIlvainea Vol. 16, No. 2, 2006
- From the Editor
- EthnomycologicalNotesfromPapua, New Guinea. Roland TreuandWinAdamson
- 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’OnofrioandBrittA. 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. FahrettinGucin, 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. DrehmelandW. 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. AndrusVoitk
- 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. AndrusVoitk
- 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. ElioSchaechterandJean-MariePirlot
- 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 poroidwooddecayfungi. 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 gasteroidBasidiomycetesofNorthAmerica. Steven L. Miller
- Mushroom trails to freedom – Anthony Jandacek
- Forest Management and the diversity of wood-inhabiting fungi. Daniel L. LindnerCzederpiltz, Glen R. Stanosz, & Harold H. Burdsall, Jr.
- Pier Antonio Micheli, the father of modern mycology: a paean. ElioSchaechter
- 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
- EthnomycologyofTlaxcala, Mexico. Adriana Montoya Esquivel
- EctomycorrhizalagaricalesofTlaxcala, 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 gasteromycetesofPuertoRico. 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 WynneasparassoidesandWynneaamericanainNorthAmerica? 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 hemibaphawithnotesontheslenderCaesar’s mushrooms of eastern North America. RodhamE. 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
- MacrofungalecologyintheNamibdesert: 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
- MycorrhizalfungiinMontanaandIdahoaspen stands. Cathy L. Cripps
- The genus Russula— a method of study. Raymond M. Fatto
- Cultivating the fabled black diamond (truffle). Franklin E. Garland
- Belowgroundfungi: 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. 2, No. 1, 1975
- The Morel : A Study with a Moral (p. 1)
- Forays in the OwyheeDesert(p. 6)
- —And a Touch of Cyanide (p. 11)
- Amanita phalloidesinCalifornia(p. 13)
- Mushroom Postage Stamps (p. 15)
- The Course of an Intentional Poisoning (p. 17)
- LexemuelRayHester(p. 19)
- An Incident of Mushroom Poisoning (p. 23)
- On Two Species of False Morels (p. 27)
- Book Reviews (p. 40)
- Errata (p. 46)
McIlvainea Vol. 1, No. 1, 1972
- McIlvainea Vol. 1, No. 1, 1972
- The Man Who Ate Mushrooms (p. 1)
- The WatlingPapers(p. 9)
- Hints on the Microscopical Examination of the Agaric Fruit Body (p. 51)
- Key of Northeastern Amanita (p. 61)
- Key to Northwest Mushrooms (Amanitas) (p. 73)
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