Hunting mushrooms How to safely identify, forage and cook wild fungi
Book - 2024
This trusty guide will help you break into the world of mushroom foraging with confidence. With in-depth profiles of 25+ mushrooms, you'll learn to identify prized specimens like chanterelles, king boletes, lion's mane, morels or chicken of the woods. Each profile details the species' unique features, as well as where and when it grows, so you have all the information you need to begin correctly hunting these fungi. And with a host of beautifully detailed photos, including images of poisonous species to steer clear of, you'll have a key visual reference to ensure you are foraging accurately and safely. Accompanied by rustic recipes to cook up your finds and a fascinating history of fungi, as well as expert, up-to-date re...search, this incredible resource will guarantee a successful start to your mushroom foraging journey.
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Salem, MA :
Page Street Publishing Co
2024.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 239 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBN
- 9798890030443
- Introduction
- Introduction To Fungi
- Identifying Mushrooms
- Going Mushroom Hunting
- Amanitas
- Key Characteristics
- Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric)
- Amanita phalloides (Death Cap)
- Amanita bisporigera (Eastern Destroying Angel)
- Amanita rubescens (Blusher)
- Amanitaflavoconia (Yellow Patches)
- Boletes
- Key Characteristics
- Boletus edulis (King Bolete)
- Boletus subvelutipes (Red-Mouth Bolete)
- The Sick-Makers
- Leccinum sp. (Scaber Stalks)
- Chanterelles & Trumpets
- True Chanterelles
- Chanterelle Wannabes
- Cantharellus sp. (Golden Chanterelles)
- Craterellus tubaeformis (Yellowfoot)
- Craterellus cornucopioides (Black Trumpet)
- Tooth Fungi
- Sample Genera
- Hericium erinaceus (Lion's Mane)
- Hydnum umbilicatum (Depressed Hedgehog)
- Agarics
- Sample Genera
- Armillaria sp. (Honey Mushrooms)
- Flammulina velutipes (Velvet Foot)
- Lepista nucfa (Wood Blewit)
- Polypores
- Key Characteristics
- Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken of the Woods)
- Grifolafrondosa (Hen of the Woods)
- Cerioporus squamosus (Dryad's Saddle)
- Ganoderma tsugae (Hemlock Reishi)
- Trametes versicolor (Turkey Tail)
- Morels & Allies
- Key Characteristics
- Morchella americana (White Morel)
- Cup Fungi
- Key Characteristics
- Sarcoscypha sp. (Scarlet Elfcups)
- Jelly Fungi
- Key Characteristics
- Auricularia auricula-judae (Wood Ear)
- Corals & Clubs
- Key Characteristics
- Artomyces pyxidatus (Crown-Tipped Coral)
- Puffballs & Allies
- Key Characteristics
- Lycoperdon perlatum (Common Puffball)
- Recipes
- Black Trumpet Pasta
- Buffalo Chicken of the Woods Pizza
- Chanterelles on Toast
- Crown-Tipped Coral Mushroom Soup
- Duxelles
- Mushroom and Dill Soup with Poached Eggs
- Mushroom and Oat Patties
- Mushroom Potato Pockets
- Mushroom Sourdough Soup
- Porcini Mushroom Risotto
- Pickled Hen of the Woods
- Sauteed Blushers
- Sauteed Chicken of the Woods
- Scarlet Elfcup White Pizza
- Yellowfoot Chanterelle Goulash
- Wild Mushroom Barley Bake
- Glossary
- References
- Thank You
- About the Author
- Index