Peterson Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America, Second Edition
Title | Peterson Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America, Second Edition PDF eBook |
Author | Karl B. McKnight |
Publisher | Peterson Field Guides |
Pages | 422 |
Release | 2021-01-05 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0544236114 |
A new approach to identifying mushrooms based on five key features that can be observed while in the field. Toadstools, truffles, boletes and morels, witches' butter, conks, corals, puffballs and earthstars: mushrooms are both mysterious and ecologically essential. They can also be either delicious or deadly. Thousands of different species of mushrooms appear across North America in the woods, backyards, and in unexpected corners. Learning to distinguish them is a rewarding challenge for a naturalist or chef. Covering most of the common edible and poisonous species readers are likely to encounter, this portable-sized field guide takes a new, simple approach to the method of mushroom identification based on key features that do not require a microscope or technical vocabulary. In addition to the watercolors from the original edition, hundreds more illustrations have been added. These paintings make use of the limited space available in a field guide and focus on the distinguishing details of each species, thereby serving as an ideal tool for beginner and intermediate mycologists alike.
Entangled Life
Title | Entangled Life PDF eBook |
Author | Merlin Sheldrake |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2020-05-12 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0525510338 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “brilliant [and] entrancing” (The Guardian) journey into the hidden lives of fungi—the great connectors of the living world—and their astonishing and intimate roles in human life, with the power to heal our bodies, expand our minds, and help us address our most urgent environmental problems. “Grand and dizzying in how thoroughly it recalibrates our understanding of the natural world.”—Ed Yong, author of An Immense World ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—Time, BBC Science Focus, The Daily Mail, Geographical, The Times, The Telegraph, New Statesman, London Evening Standard, Science Friday When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live, and the ways we think, feel, and behave. In the first edition of this mind-bending book, Sheldrake introduced us to this mysterious but massively diverse kingdom of life. This exquisitely designed volume, abridged from the original, features more than one hundred full-color images that bring the spectacular variety, strangeness, and beauty of fungi to life as never before. Fungi throw our concepts of individuality and even intelligence into question. They are metabolic masters, earth makers, and key players in most of life’s processes. They can change our minds, heal our bodies, and even help us remediate environmental disaster. By examining fungi on their own terms, Sheldrake reveals how these extraordinary organisms—and our relationships with them—are changing our understanding of how life works. Winner of the Wainwright Prize, the Royal Society Science Book Prize, and the Guild of Food Writers Award • Shortlisted for the British Book Award • Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize
The Mushroom Book
Title | The Mushroom Book PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Laessøe |
Publisher | DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN |
The ultimate mushroom authority, The Mushroom Book is filled with exquisite photographs of prized culinary fungi--and notorious poisonous specimens. Offering unrivaled insight into the amazing world of mushrooms, this book will prove to be an indispensable reference.
The Deerholme Mushroom Book
Title | The Deerholme Mushroom Book PDF eBook |
Author | Bill Jones |
Publisher | TouchWood Editions |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 2014-02-18 |
Genre | Cooking |
ISBN | 177151003X |
Expand your culinary knowledge of wild and cultivated mushrooms with this comprehensive cookbook by award-winning writer and chef Bill Jones. Learn from an acknowledged expert in the field of wild foods how to source mushrooms through foraging, shopping, and growing, and get a thorough overview of the common types of wild and cultivated fungi. Gain insight into the medicinal and cultural uses of mushrooms, and reap the health benefits of simple, unprocessed food. Delicious recipes for basic pantry preparations, soups, salads, meats, seafood, and vegetable dishes, all featuring mushrooms, include: Truffle Potato Croquettes; Mushroom Pate; Porcini Naan; Semolina Mushroom Cake; Beef Tenderloin and Oyster Mushroom Carpaccio; Curried Mushroom and Coconut Bisque. The Deerholme Mushroom Book is every chef's essential guide to edible mushrooms.
Mushroom Book
Title | Mushroom Book PDF eBook |
Author | Nina Marshall |
Publisher | Applewood Books |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Cooking |
ISBN | 1429010894 |
This 1923 guide provides readers with information on identifying and gathering edible mushrooms, as well as providing recipes for the mushrooms.
The Edible Mushroom Book
Title | The Edible Mushroom Book PDF eBook |
Author | Anna Del Conte |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2008-09-01 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0756652634 |
The first fully-illustrated book to not only help readers cook with mushrooms, but also to help them forage for fungi in the wild, The Edible Mushroom Book is part field guide, part cookbook. Beginning in the kitchen, readers learn how to prepare wild fungi for cooking, then how to make sixty mouthwatering recipes from Scrambled Chanterelles to Baked Mushroom Polenta. Moving on to the field, The Edible Mushroom Book tells you where and when to forage, provides an identification guide, and includes information on morethan fifty-five edible mushrooms.
The Book of the Mushroom
Title | The Book of the Mushroom PDF eBook |
Author | A. Defries |
Publisher | Read Books Ltd |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 2013-03-05 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1447488180 |
Originally published in 1936, this book is a detailed introduction to the cultivation of the mushroom. Full of practical information and instructions on growing and harvesting mushrooms, this book is still of great practical use to today's grower or mushroom enthusiast and even features a short collection of classic recipes. Contents include: introduction - The Nature of The Mushroom - Site and Soil - Buildings - Manures - Spawns - Making up Beds - Care of Beds - Diseases and Pests and Their Control - Picking and Packing - Exhibiting - Some Companion Crops - Marketing and Costings - Cooking Recipes. We are republishing this vintage text in a modern and affordable edition, featuring high quality reproductions of the original artwork.