Little-known and hard to find, the tiny mushrooms that grow above the treeline offer mycophiles rare opportunities--but also index the advance of global climate change. Cathy L. Cripps’s comprehensive nature guide draws on the twenty-five years of collecting and research that have made her North America’s foremost expert on alpine fungi.

Features include:

• More than 200 color photographs
• Small size perfect for use in the field
• In-depth scientific information on 150 species, including some recently discovered and most not found outside alpine or Arctic habitats
• Division of species into ecological groups to aid with searching and identification
• Coverage of the Rocky Mountains of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado, with extensions into British Columbia and Alaska, with many of the same mushrooms also found in the Arctic
• Tips on collecting for both professional researchers and amateur enthusiasts
• A conservation-based approach aimed at the general public, mycologists, researchers, naturalists, land managers, and others

Easy to use and charged with cutting-edge science, Alpine Mushrooms of North America is an expert guide to mycology’s final frontier.

Cathy L. Cripps is an emeritus professor of mycology at Montana State University. She is the coauthor of The Essential Guide to Rocky Mountain Mushrooms by Habitat and the editor of Fungi in Forest Ecosystems: Systematics, Diversity, and Ecology.

“This is an excellent overview of the alpine mushrooms in North America. It is written by one of the most knowledgeable Alpine mycologists in the world and is based on decades of experience and well-documented specimens. Ecologically, the book clearly illustrates the close relationships between fungi and plants. A great addition to any mycological library!”
—Joe Ammirati, coauthor of Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest