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Mushrooming Without Fear : The Beginner's Guide to Collecting Safe and Delicious Mushrooms by Alexander Schwab (2007, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSkyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-101602391602
ISBN-139781602391604
eBay Product ID (ePID)59108170
Product Key Features
Book TitleMushrooming Without Fear : the Beginner's Guide to Collecting Safe and Delicious Mushrooms
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPlants / Mushrooms, Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, Outdoor Skills
Publication Year2007
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Sports & Recreation, Technology & Engineering
AuthorAlexander Schwab
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight13.6 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width7.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2007-021372
SynopsisIs it safe or not? What gourmands and nature lovers need to know to harvest your own. Advice, with photographs, from an expert! Novices eager to collect tasty wild mushrooms will find this unique guide invaluable. Unlike others, it focuses only on those types that are both safe to eat and delicious. Most importantly, it presents the eight rules of mushroom gathering in a straightforward fashion, including, "Never, never take a mushroom with gills" and "If a mushroom smells rotten, it is rotten." Among the mushrooms covered are the cep; the red-cracked, larch, bay, and birch boletes; hen of the woods, chanterelle, trumpet chanterelle, hedgehog fungus, common puffball, horn of plenty, and cauliflower mushroom. Each is identified with several photographs and identification checklist, and there's also information on mushroom season, handling, storage, and cooking, complete with recipes., Is it safe or not? What gourmands and nature lovers need to know to harvest your own. Advice, with photographs, from an expert Novices eager to collect tasty wild mushrooms will find this unique guide invaluable. Unlike others, it focuses only on those types that are both safe to eat and delicious. Most importantly, it presents the eight rules of mushroom gathering in a straightforward fashion, including, "Never, never take a mushroom with gills" and "If a mushroom smells rotten, it is rotten." Among the mushrooms covered are the cep; the red-cracked, larch, bay, and birch boletes; hen of the woods, chanterelle, trumpet chanterelle, hedgehog fungus, common puffball, horn of plenty, and cauliflower mushroom. Each is identified with several photographs and identification checklist, and there's also information on mushroom season, handling, storage, and cooking, complete with recipes., Novices eager to collect tasty wild mushrooms will find this unique guide invaluable. Unlike others, it focuses only on those types that are both safe to eat and delicious. Most important, it presents the eight rules of mushroom gathering in a straightforward fashionincluding "Never, never take a mushroom with gills" and "If a mushroom smells rotten, it is rotten." Among the many mushrooms covered are the cep; the red-cracked, larch, bay, and birch boletes; hen of the woods, chanterelle, trumpet chanterelle, hedgehog fungus, common puffball, horn of plenty, and cauliflower mushroom. Each is identified with several color photographs and identification checklist, and there's also information on mushroom season, handling, storage, and cooking, complete with recipes., Is it safe or not? What gourmands and nature lovers need to know to harvest your own. Advice, with full-color photographs, from an expert Novices eager to collect tasty wild mushrooms will find this unique guide invaluable. Unlike others, it focuses only on those types that are both safe to eat and delicious. Most importantly, it presents the eight rules of mushroom gathering in a straightforward fashion, including, "Never, never take a mushroom with gills" and "If a mushroom smells rotten, it is rotten." Among the mushrooms covered are the cep; the red-cracked, larch, bay, and birch boletes; hen of the woods, chanterelle, trumpet chanterelle, hedgehog fungus, common puffball, horn of plenty, and cauliflower mushroom. Each is identified with several color photographs and identification checklist, and there's also information on mushroom season, handling, storage, and cooking, complete with recipes., Eight rules of mushroom gathering, color photographs, identification checklist, recipes, advice on handling, and...
LC Classification NumberSB353.S39 2007
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- 29 Aug, 2018
Great beginner book !
Very good starter book for someone wanting to start mushroom hunting. Written very well, easy to read. finished it in about 20 minutes. Writer teaches and makes you laugh while doing it. This is just a beginner book to get you started on a handful of safe mushrooms.Helpful color blocks for each type to help identify.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 15 Aug, 2018
Only for people terrified of mushrooms.
This is a true beginners book, it’s too basic for anyone else. It’s mushroom picking with training wheels.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 18 Mar, 2023
Arrived on time. Good explanations. Clear pictures.
Nice clear pictures.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 27 Apr, 2016
great book
this is a great book very informational I actually am out finding mushrooms now and making a lot of mushroom recipes I recommend this book to anyone who likes mushroomsVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 29 May, 2025
Great book
I love this bookVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 09 Jul, 2019
Good and trustworthy dealer and good informative book
It is full of pictures showing which are safe and which are notVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 26 Jan, 2022
Excellent book
Very informative. Taught me a lotVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 21 Oct, 2015
mushrooms
large and colored pictures.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 06 Jun, 2018
book about wild mushrooms
I would not feel safe going mushrooming with this book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 21 Sep, 2021
good features
not exactly what i expected but good information.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
