Mushrooms Demystified : A comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi

Simply the best and most complete mushroom field guide and reference book, MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED includes descriptions and keys to more than 2,000 species of mushrooms, with more than 950 photographs. Mushroom authority David Arora provides a beginner's checklist of the 70 most distinctive and common mushrooms, plus detailed chapters on terminology, classification, habitats, mushroom cookery, mushroom toxins, and the meanings of scientific mushroom names. Beginning and experienced mushroom hunters everywhere will find MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED a delightful, informative, and indispensible companion. Identifies Over Two Thousand Species, Answers Common Questions About Mushrooms, And Gives Advice On Collecting, Preserving, And Cooking With Mushrooms. Fungophobia -- What Is A Mushroom? -- Mushrooms And The Environment -- Names And Classification -- Collecting Mushrooms -- Identification And Terminology -- How To Use The Keys -- Questions About Mushrooms -- Lbm's : Little Brown Mushrooms -- Habitats -- Seventy Distinctive Mushrooms ( A Quick-reference Check List) -- Key To The Major Groups Of Fleshy Fungi -- Mushroom Cookery -- Mushroom Toxins -- What It All Means (a Short Dictionary Of Scientific Names) David Arora. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. 919-925.