The Mushrooms of Andean Peru

This compendium documents with beautiful images, descriptions and GPS location information 271 mushrooms and other macrofungi (fungi with visible fruiting bodies) of the Order Agaricales in the Families Agaricaceae to Lyophyllaceae native to the Peruvian Andes.  It is the product of ten years of traveling, collecting, analyzing and documenting the findings of the first collection of macrofungi found in the mountains from Puno in the South to Tumbes in the North.  This English version...
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This compendium documents with beautiful images, descriptions and GPS location information 271 mushrooms and other macrofungi (fungi with visible fruiting bodies) of the Order Agaricales in the Families Agaricaceae to Lyophyllaceae native to the Peruvian Andes.  It is the product of ten years of traveling, collecting, analyzing and documenting the findings of the first collection of macrofungi found in the mountains from Puno in the South to Tumbes in the North.  This English version  is Part 1 of a three-part series that documents a total of 750 individual fungi found and provides initial identifications.  It is hoped it will help investigators, educators, decision-makers and nature lovers promote and protect the unique diversity and stunning and critical natural ecosystems of Andean Peru.