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An Illustrated Catalog of American Mushrooms: The US Department of Agriculture’s Maurice B. Walters Collection.

The United States Department of Agriculture’s National Fungus Collections is one of the world’s largest mycological institutions-housing over million species of fungi. Mycologist Maurice Burke Walter’s collection of fungi is also housed here-a fascinating collection revealing the often-solitary forays of the rather-retiring Walters, the then-nascent science of mycology, and the evolving interest of the USDA in documenting the nation's fungi species (over 10,000 named species are found in the US). Alongside Walter’s beautiful botanical illustrations, are field notes, observational sketches, and occasionally enigmatic photographs of fungi (within USDA laboratories, in the wild, and elsewhere).

A natural accompaniment to Atelier Éditions’ popular 2021 publication, An Illustrated Catalog of American Fruits & Nuts, An Illustrated Catalog of American Mushrooms contains an eclectic assortment of illustrated and documented fungi species drawn from Walters collection. Encompassing contemporary meditations on ecology, mycology and pharmacology, the still-unexplored landscape of fungi knowledge is memorably demystified, perhaps, for practicing mycologists, and enthusiastic foragers alike.

Photographs by Maurice B. Walters, courtesy of The U.S. Department of Agriculture Special Collections
Introduction by Maya Lydia Bushell
Texts by Sîon Parkinson
Edited by Pascale Georgiev, Maya Lydia Bushell
Published by Atelier Éditions / Union Square & Co

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8 inches x 11 inches
320 pages including over 300 illustrations
Printed sustainably in Spain
ISBN # 978-1-4549-6355-4