Common Edible & Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast

Stackpole Books

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$14.89 - $16.19
UPC:
9780811726412
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
3/1/2003
Author:
C. Leonard Fergus;Charles Fergus
Language:
english
Edition:
1
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Product Overview

  • Handy in-the-field identification guide
  • Features the Foolproof Five
  • Includes a useful identification flowchart

    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 photographs 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.