The complete mushroom hunter : an illustrated guide to foraging, harvesting and enjoying wild mushrooms : including new sections on growing your own edibles and off-season collecting
(2017)
By:
Lincoff, Gary
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
579.61632/LINCOFF,G
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Beverly, Massachusetts : Quarry Books, 2017
EDITION
Revised edition
DESCRIPTION
208 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781631593017, 1631593013 :, 1631593013, 9781631593017
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Previous edition: 2010
This revised edition includes a history of mushroom hunting worldwide; how to get equipped for mushroom forays; an illustrated guide to the common wild edible mushrooms; and cultivating, preparing and serving the harvest
CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Mushrooms: the what and the who --
Chapter 2: Mushroom hunting --
Chapter 3: Mushroom identification --
Chapter 4: Medicinal mushrooms --
Chapter 5: Bringing home the harvest: mushroom recipes --
Appendix I: Mushroom arts & crafts --
Appendix II: Mushroom cultivation --
Appendix III: Incredible edibles --
Appendix IV: Winter hunting --
Appendix V: Essential guide to major poisonous mushrooms, symptoms of poisoning, and treatment