- Lorelei Norvell. 1986.
- Poisonings I have Known (The Regular Column). Mushroom,
The Journal 4(4): 17-23.
- CONTENTS: Victims of the annual Poison Season fall into
five types: (i) The Grazers (or the Ipecac Crew); (ii) The
Finicky stomach or The Morris-the-Cat Syndrome; (iii) Gargantua
reigns; (iv) The Electric Mushroom Acid Test; and (v) Trouble.
"Devotees of Type 1 behavior always come in cespitose clusters
of two or three: the wide-eyed and apple-cheeked 18-36 month-old
found clutching a bedraggled mushroom stem in the middle of
a carefully manicured lawn and the hysterical parent consumed
with guilt that an invading toadstool was permitted to occupy
the fanatically groomed sod." Cartoons.
- Lorelei Norvell. 1986.
- That nudum is a nuda? (The Regular Column) Mushroom,
The Journal 4(3): 6-9.
- CONTENTS: A survey of the four degrees of name changes recently
survived by 20 common mushrooms: (i) Genus jumpers (A.
mellea returns to Armillaria from Armillariella);
(ii) Species synonymies (Sparassis radicata and S.
crispa are one and the same); iii) Splitter species (Amanita
jacksonii is not the same as Amanita caesarea);
(iv) In search of the Ancient Acceptables (Tricholoma magnivelare
is valid; Armillaria ponderosa is not.) (See also Projects:
Agaric Taxonomy and Nomenclature)
- Lorelei Norvell (as "Ms. Mushroom"). 1986.
- Etiquette for the morelly wanting. Malfred Ferndock's
Morel Cookbook, Eds. Peter Leach, Emily Mikkelsen. Pp.
49-52.
- CONTENTS: A gentle reprint of the popular Mushroom the
Journal column outlining the etiquette to be followed
in pursuit of the delectable morel. "A large basket is not
advised for this first trip with one's bosom companion, because
that may tend to give one's host Second Thoughts."
- Lorelei Norvell. 1986.
- Avoiding the dance of death -- a wild mushroom primer. Forest
World 2(1): 40-45.
- CONTENTS: A survey of commonly encountered edible and poisonous
forest mushrooms. "Despite its mycophobic beginnings (most
of the founding fathers felt no good could come from a mushroom),
the United States is rapidly joining the rest of the world
in the forest and meadow assault." Photographs.
- Lorelei Norvell. 1986.
- Taxonomic Quandaries (The Regular Column). Mushroom,
The Journal 4(2): 32-35.
- CONTENTS: An introduction to the Friesian approach to naming
genera adopted by the mythical Isherwood Phillips. "Ish applauded
the chaste and obedient nature of the Lepiota, Pluteus,
and Volvariella but thought dark thoughts when confronting
the wanton creature that was Coprinus, who even dared
to dally indiscriminately with the Nonfree Gills. Reality
was harsh: physically observable distinctions were not linked
up with names." (See also Projects: Agaric Taxonomy and Nomenclature)
- Lorelei Norvell. 1986.
- Naming Them (The mushroom, the man, the name, another name,
the squabble, the congress) (The Regular Column). Mushroom,
The Journal 4(1): 21-23.
- CONTENTS: An introduction to the Byzantine and tortuous
path a mushroom taxonomist must follow in describing and naming
a new mushroom species, and the problems encountered when
someone else describes the same species under a different
name. "Time was when the naming of things was a simple affair.
In the beginning, the beasts and plants of the world were
trotted past Adam, who named each, and that was that." (See
also Projects: Agaric Taxonomy and Nomenclature)
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