Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast
- ISBN-10
- 081172641X
- ISBN-13
- 9780811726412
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 90
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Authors
- Charles Fergus, Charles L. Fergus
Description
The northeastern United States is home to an enormous variety of mushrooms - some delicious, some deadly. This handy in-the-field guide offers identification information for some 50 mushrooms that mushroom hunters are most likely to encounter in the wild: Parasol Mushroom, Delicious Lactarius, Sulphur Shelf, Giant Puffball. It also features detailed photos illustrating the characteristics to look for when identifying mushrooms and natural history information - where they grow, when they appear, and the various forms they take. This handy identification guide features the "foolproof five" and includes a useful identification flowchart.
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