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Overview
A delightful, informative, and indispensable companion to mushroom hunting, featuring information on more than 2,000 species of mushrooms, from a renowned naturalist and mycologist
Nothing is more elusive and mysterious than the wild mushroom. In Mushrooms Demystified, mushroom authority David Arora celebrates the gathering and study of wild mushrooms with engaging style, wit, and simple terminology. With descriptions, photographs, and keys to over 2,000 species of mushrooms, as well as a beginner’s checklist of the 70 most distinctive and common mushrooms, this is the definitive guide to foraging fungi. Mushrooms Demystified also includes detailed chapters on terminology, classification, habitats, mushroom cookery, mushroom toxins, the meanings of scientific mushroom names, and more!
Beginners and experienced mushroom hunters alike will enjoy this authoritative field guide and reference book.
Nothing is more elusive and mysterious than the wild mushroom. In Mushrooms Demystified, mushroom authority David Arora celebrates the gathering and study of wild mushrooms with engaging style, wit, and simple terminology. With descriptions, photographs, and keys to over 2,000 species of mushrooms, as well as a beginner’s checklist of the 70 most distinctive and common mushrooms, this is the definitive guide to foraging fungi. Mushrooms Demystified also includes detailed chapters on terminology, classification, habitats, mushroom cookery, mushroom toxins, the meanings of scientific mushroom names, and more!
Beginners and experienced mushroom hunters alike will enjoy this authoritative field guide and reference book.
