A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America (Peterson Field Guides(R))

Nearly all nature-oriented people profess a love affair with the flowers, but only a limited number admit to a similar passion for mushrooms, other than as a table delicacy. Some people would dismiss them as «toadstools,» to be ranked with spiders, snakes, bats, and other things that have become symbolic of the dark side of life.

More than 1,000 species of mushrooms described in detail. Over 700 paintings and drawings reveal subtle field marks that cannot be captured into photographs.

Over 500 species are described and illustrated in this authoritative guide to mycology that uses the famous Peterson Identification System and contains recipes for delicious wild mushroom dishes.

Uses drawings and detailed descriptions to identify more than a thousand species of mushrooms, and indicates which are edible, and which are poisonous Peterson mushrooms text 3 peterson-mushroom-plates-3 450 Peterson mushrooms plates first 2 pages b+w 450 peterson-mushroom-plates-3 452 Peterson mushrooms text......Page 3 Peterson mushrooms plates first 2 pages b+w......Page 450 peterson-mushroom-plates-3......Page 452 This Field Guide is designed to make your mushroom collecting outings as safe and enjoyable as possible. Identifies over one thousand species with detailed descriptions and illustrations