The Complete Mushroom Hunter An Illustrated Guide to Foraging, Harvesting, and Enjoying Wild Mushrooms

Gary Lincoff, David Work, Dianna Smith, Nancy Ward, Michael Wood

eBook - 2022

The only mushrooming book that will introduce you safely and with confidence to the not-so "underground" hobby of mushroom hunting and gathering. Gathering edible wild food is a wonderful way to forge a connection to the earth. Mushrooms are the ultimate local food source; they grow literally everywhere, from mountains and woodlands to urban and suburban parks to your own backyard. The Complete Mushroom Hunter will enrich your understanding of the natural world and build an appreciation for an ancient, critically relevant, and useful body of knowledge. Amateur mycologists and mushroom enthusiasts will find this is a guidebook for their passion. Mushroom guru Gary Lincoff escorts you from the mushroom's earliest culinary awake...ning, through getting equipped for mushroom forays, to preparing and serving the fruits of the foray, wherever you live. Inside you'll find: - A brief, but colorful history of mushroom hunting worldwide - How to get equipped for a mushroom foray - A completely... more