Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Interior Landscapes -- The Setting -- Climate -- Physiography -- Fungi: Mushrooms and Other Cryptogams -- Fungal Ecology -- Mushroom Architecture -- Mushroom Edibility and Poisoning -- Where to Look for Fungi -- Fungal Grouping (Taxonomy) -- Tools of the Trade -- Fungal Groups: The Hymenomycetes -- Agaricoid (Gilled) Fungi -- Boletinoid (Soft, Fleshy Poroid) Fungi -- Polyporoid (Bracket- and Wood-Inhabiting) Fungi -- Toothed (Spiny or Hedgehog) Fungi -- Coraloid (Club) Fungi -- Cantharelloid Fungi -- Thelephoroid (Vase) Fungi -- Fungal Groups: The Gasteromycetes -- Gasteroid (Stomach) Fungi: Puffballs -- Gasteroid (Stomach) Fungi: Bird's Nest -- Gasteroid (Stomach) Fungi: Earthstars -- Fungal Groups: Conifer Rust, Jelly, Cup, and Earth Tongue Fungi -- Conifer Rust Fungi -- Jelly Fungi -- Cup Fungi -- Earth Tongue Fungi -- Lichenicolous Fungi: Parasitic and Saprophytic Fungi on Lichens -- Lichenized Fungi: The Lichens -- Ascolichens: Crustose -- Ascolichens: Foliose -- Ascolichens: Fruticose -- Basidiolichens: Coral -- Basidiolichens: Agaric -- Plasmodial Slime Molds (Mycetozoans) -- Bryophytes: The Mosses and Liverworts -- Introduction -- Bryophyte Flora of North America -- Descriptions of Common Moss Species -- Description of Common Liverwort Species -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- English Equivalents -- Mushroom Field and Reference Guides -- References -- Appendix -- Index to Species -- About the Authors.