NTRODUCTION FROM THE AUTHOR What is a fungus? What is a mushroom? Waxcaps woodwaxes, waxy caps and relatives Honey fungus and relatives Cooking mushrooms and relatives Inkcaps and relatives Brittlestems Parasols and relatives Dapperlings Toxic toadstools Death caps Puffballs Beefsteaks and relatives Clubs and coral fungus Lanterns and relatives Mottegills and more Webcaps and relatives Pinkgills and relatives Poisonpies and galerinas Typhulas and silver leaffungus Bird's nest fungus Piggyback mushrooms and relatives Powdercaps and stranglers Parachutes and relatives Woodtufts, roundheads and scalycaps Bonnets and relatives Twiglets, rosegills and relatives Blewits and funnels Ceps and other boletes Rare boletes Spike-caps Falsechanterelles, taps and rots Prettymouths, false earth stars and relatives Conks andrelatives Knots and relatives Lentinus mushrooms and turkey tails Practicalpolypores Cauliflowerfungus and relatives Crust fungus Chickens, hens and giants Pagoda fungi Strap corals and relatives Russulas and relatives Milkcaps and relatives Earpicks and paint fungus Chanterelles and relatives Stinkhorns and relatives Cages, baskets and relatives Brackets and relatives Earthstars Pepper pots and relatives Cuckoo fungus and relatives Jelly ears and relatives Leathery earth fans and relatives Bleeding tooth and relatives Brain fungus and relatives Stagshorns Fairy tubs and relatives Eyelash cups and more Morels False morels and saddles Cauldrons, firefungus and relatives Truffles and cigars Finger fungus Zombie fungus Eaters, gobblers and relatives Beacons and relatives Glasscups, earthtongues and more More than just mushrooms Lichens Yeasts and moulds Chytrids Slime moulds and watermoulds Index glossary.