Mushrooming Without Fear: The Beginner's Guide to Collecting Safe and Delicious Mushrooms (Spiral Bound)

This spiral book would be the perfect gift for the mycophiles in your life. When searching for the best mushrooming book, Mushrooming Without Fear is a great choice. The spiral bound version of Mushrooming Without Fear is great for those who really use and abuse their books. Our proprietary binding helps you lay this title flat for easier reading and handling. If you’re looking for mushrooming books then the spiral bound version of Mushrooming Without Fear is the way to go.

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 fashion—including “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.