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Field Guide to the Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania And the Mid-atlantic (Keystone Book)

Description

To most Americans, mushrooms are the brown lumps in the soup one uses to make a tuna casserole, but to a select few, mushrooms are the abundant yet often well-hidden delicacies of the forests. In spite of their rather dismal reputation, most wild mushrooms are both edible and delicious, when prepared properly. From the morel to the chanterelle and the prolific and aptly named chicken of the woods, mushrooms can easily be harvested and enjoyed, if you know where to look and what to look for. Bill Russell's Field Guide to the Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic helps the reader learn just that--specifically for the often-neglected East Coast mushrooms of the United States and Canada. Suited to both the novice and the experienced mushroom hunter, this book helps the reader identify mushrooms with the use of illustrations, descriptions, and environmental observations. Russell's fifty years of experience in hunting, studying, and teaching about wild mushrooms have been carefully distilled into this easy-to-use and well-designed guide. The book is divided into the four seasons, each with its unique mushroom offerings. Each mushroom section includes a detailed description, information about the mushroom's biology, tips on where the mushroom is most likely to be found, and a short 'nutshell' description for quick reference. The book also includes color photographs of each of the mushrooms described. Russell's Field Guide to the Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic shows the reader not only how to identify the most common mushrooms found in the region but also how to avoid common copycats--and what to do with the mushrooms once they're identified and harvested. With both color illustrations and insightful descriptions of one hundred of the area's most common mushrooms, Field Guide is an indispensable reference for the curious hiker, the amateur biologist, or the adventurous chef.

Reviews

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-09-06
Summary: "field guide to wild mushrooms"

extremely helpful. I have picked wild mushrooms for 50+ years and it has helped considerably.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-11-07
Summary: "Book that opens your eyes"

I like the way this book is written. Author shares his experiences in a way that you just can't put it down. Book has alternative opinions on some mushrooms that other guides would render inedible because they're related to a certain type where there's a deadly mushroom present or just resemble one. It doesn't encompass all the edible mushrooms in Pennsylvania, rather a small amount, but, still I find myself reading this book over and over again.

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2009-10-26
Summary: "Full of Information but not complete"

Full of good information. Nice guide for those starting to mushroom. Only covers some of the more common mushrooms. Does not have pictures with each mushroom description. Anyone who mushrooms knows you need more than one mushroom guidebook, if you live in the mid-Atlantic, it's a good one to have. Excellent guide for beginners to start out with. Not as overwhelming as some field guides to mushrooms can be.

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Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2009-09-24
Summary: "Lots of mushrooms"

My first mushroom field book and not very helpful. I was hoping the seasonal division in the book (spring and fall mushrooms) would make it easy to identify all the fungi I see in the woods. I have no idea how many mushrooms there are in the Sullivan County woods but there are a lot that are not in this book.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2007-11-26
Summary: "Very Helpful"

I was able to meet the author of this book. I found both the book and the author very helpful. Bill has been hunting mushrooms all his life, and actually Penn State Press came to him to write this book and with good reason. The book has great photos and useful descriptions that are useful for the novice mushroom hunters, but plenty helpful for the experinced too. The author also give mushroom walks. I can't wait to go on one.

Author of "Hobo Finds A Home" and editor "Of A Predatory Heart"