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Mushrooms Demystified
$39.99
By David Arora
Nothing is more elusive and mysterious than the wild mushroom. David Arora celebrates the gathering and study of wild mushrooms with engaging style, wit and simple terminology. Mushrooms Demystified includes descriptions, photographs and keys to over 2000 species. There is a beginners 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. David Aora has taught mycology for the last 15 years in California and has hunted and photographed mushrooms across the continent. Beginners and experienced mushroom hunters everywhere will find Mushrooms demystified a delightful, informative and indispensable companion. Become an authority on mushrooms by studying the most comprehensive book available.
This is a hefty read for a beginning mushroom enthusiast – check out All That The Rain Promises and More for a more user friendly compliation of David Arora’s work.
As with all publications on wild edibles, we at the Northwest Nature Shop encourage you to deeply study all that goes into this craft before eating anything – from the fungi to the location to your own health. Always get a second opinion before you eat anything and go forward with a dose of caution. Happy harvesting!
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“Mushrooms Demystified addresses most of the species you are likely to find anywhere, although it is written with particular emphasis on the western United States. It is the definitive book for anything to do with mushroom identification. Of key importance to mushroom cultivators is information on important habitat conditions for each species. ” – The Mushroom Growers Newsletter
“David Arora has written an epic work on mushrooms in Mushrooms Demystified. Most definitely not a field guide, as it’s far too large to carry into the field, this guide to mushroom identification is a must have for the serious mushroom hunter. Arora offers an in-depth description of mushrooms and how they grow before diving into the nitty gritty of describing over 2000 species of mushrooms. For beginners, the volume of information in Mushrooms Demystified can be overwhelming. The color photos are good, but there aren’t enough to make them a strong tool for identification and the black and white photos, though more ample, don’t offer enough detail to be a real tool for identification. That said, the photos are helpful to those who are versed enough in mushrooming to identify primarily from text, and the text is well-written for identification. Mushrooms Demystified is a jolly good read for those long winter nights I normally spend dreaming of the field and all the mushrooms I’ll find the next time I’m on the hunt.” – Candace Hunter, ThePracticalHerbilist.com
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