GRASSES OF THE TRIBE HORDEAE IN NORTH AMERICA: 4. REFERENCES

Additional reading

Assadi, M. & H. Runemark. 1995.

Hybridization, genomic constitution and generic delimitation in Elymus s.l. (Poaceae, Triticeae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 194:189-205. [Argues for broad interpretation of Elymus]

Baden, C. 1991.

A taxonomic revision of Psathyrostachys (Poaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 11:3-26.

Baden, C., S. Frederiksen, & O. Seberg. 1997.

A taxonomic revision of the genus Hystrix (Triticeae, Poaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 17: 449-467. [A traditional interpretation of Hystrix]

Barkworth, M.E. & R.J. Atkins. 1984.

Leymus Hochst. (Gramineae: Triticeae) in North America: taxonomy and distribution. Amer. J. Bot. 71: 609-625. [We did not even think of including H. californica in this study. In retrospect, we probably should have.]

Barkworth, M.E. & D.R. Dewey. 1985.

Genomically based genera in the perennial Triticeae of North America: Identification and membership. Amer. J. Bot. 72: 767-776.

Barkworth, M.E., R.L. Burkhamer, & L.E. Talbert. 1996.

Elymus calderi: a new species in the Triticeae (Poaceae). Syst. Bot. 21: 349-354. [Argues that the taxon traditionally treated as Agropyron yukonense does not, as Baum et al., suggest, belong in Roegneria.]

Baum, B.R., C. Yen, & J.-L. Yang. 1991.

Roegneria: its generic limits and justification for its recognition. Can. J. Bot. 69: 282-294.

Baum, B.R., J.L. Yang, & C. Yen. 1995.

Taxonomic separation of Kengyilia (Poaceae: Triticeae) in relation to nearest related Roegneria, Elymus, and Agropyron, based on some morphological characters. [Kengyilia does not occur in North America, but it is another point of view on genera in the Triticeae.]

Bothmer, R. von, N. Jacobsen, R.B. Jorgensen, & I. Linde-Laursen. 1991.

An ecogeographical study of the genus Hordeum. Systematic and ecogeographic studies on crop genepools 7. International Board for Crop Genetic Resources, Rome. [Excellent starting point for looking at Hordeum]

Church, G.L. 1958.

Artificial hybrids of Elymus virginicus and E. canadensis, E. interruptus, E. riparius, and E. wiegandii. American Journal of Botany 45: 410-417. [A classic]

Dewey, D.R. 1984.

The genomic system of classification as a guide to intergeneric hybridization in the perennial Triticeae. Pp. 209-279 in J.P. Gustafson (Ed.), Gene manipulation in plant improvement. Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York. [A classic]

Dubcovsky, J., A.R. Schlatter, & M. Echaide. 1997.

Genome analysis of South American Elymus (Triticeae) and Leymus (Triticeae) species based on variation in repeated nucleotide sequences. Genome 40:505-520. [Elymus erianthus and E. mendocinus transferred to Leymus; other South American species found to be StH or StHH]

Frederiksen, S. 1986.

Revision of Taeniatherum (Poaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 6:389- 397.

Kellogg, E.A. 1989.

Comments on genomic genera in the Triticeae. Amer. J. Bot. 76: 796-805.

Love, A. 1984.

Conspectus of the Triticeae. Feddes Rep. 95: 425-521. [A classic]

Snyder, L.A. 1950.

Morphological variability and hybrid development in Elymus glaucus. American Journal of Botany 37: 628-635. [A North American classic]

Svitashev, S., T. Bryngelsson, A. Vershinin, C. Pedersen, T. Saell, & R. von Bothmer. 1994.

Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Hordeum using repetitive DNA sequences. Theor. Appl. Gene. 89:801-810. [Supports division of genus into 4 major lines, but discussion highlights many places where differents kinds of data pertaining to Hordeum differ to varying degrees in their implications for intrageneric relationships.]

Svitashev, S., B. Salomon, T. Bryngelsson, & R. von Bothmer. 1996.

A study of 28 Elymus species using repetitive DNA sequences. Genome 39:1093-1101. [Raises questions concerning the wholesale transfer of Hystrix to Elymus.]

Zhang, H.B. & J. Dvorak. 1990.

The genome origin of tetraploid species of Leymus (Poaceae: Triticeae) inferred from variation in repeated nucleotide sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 78: 871-884. [First publication to state that Leymus does not include the genome from Thinopyrum.]

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NEW BOOK ON CHANTERELLE MUSHROOMS

Persson, Olle. 1997.

The chanterelle book. Illustrated by Bo Mossberg. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA. 120 p. ISBN 0-89815-947-4 [soft cover] Price US$16.95

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Ten Speed Press published several extraordinary books that are among my favourites. Arora's "Mushrooms demystified" treats a serious topic of mushroom taxonomy and identification with a light style and it is an indispensable guide to mushroom identification in western parts of North America. Another of my favourites is the monograph on feline aesthetics, "Why cats paint," an absurd gallery of paintings done by cats [see BEN # 82].

"The chanterelle book" is yet another outstanding book published by this Californian publisher. It is an English translation of a Swedish 1994 publication, translated and adapted for American audience by Dr. Eric Danell (University in Uppsala), himself an expert in the research of chanterelle. "In this book, European and North American chanterelles are discussed from the multiple perspectives of biology, ecology, geography, culinary science, culture, and linguistics," wrote the authors in the preface. The book is loaded with scientific information that is presented a very readable style. A large portion of the book is a collection recipes. Try "Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Chanterelles," if you have a chance.

The illustrations by Bo Mossberg are superb. Each plate depicts the particular species and gives few hints about its environment by including details such as pine needles, beech nuts, etc. The habitat is also illustrated by watercolours of forest interiors.

The only thing I missed in the book is a list of references. Books are usually cited in the text, but for the journal articles (such as how to produce chanterelle fruiting bodies in the greenhouse) you have to do your own literature search. If you are interested in chanterelles, you should also read "Cantharellus formosus and the Pacific Golden Chanterelle harvest in western North America" by Scott Redhead, Lorelei L. Norvell, and Eric Danell, published in Mycotaxon 65(1997): 285-322.