Download or read book A Field Guide to Edible Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest written by Daniel Winkler and published by Harbour Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Field Guide to Edible Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest is a pocket-sized guide with full-colour photographs of mushrooms from Pacific Northwest trails and roadsides, forests and lawns. With this guide, identify over thirty common and easily-recognized edible mushrooms--and stay away from their not-so-edible look-alikes. Discover boletes, chanterelles, matsutake, shaggy mane, cauliflower, candy cap and many other tasty wild mushrooms. Easy to use and light to carry, this compact text is a must-have for all mushroom lovers who delight in searching for the next macrofungi bonanza.
Download or read book Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest written by Steve Trudell and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must-have guide for mushroom hunters in the Pacific Northwest Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest is a compact, beautifully illustrated field guide to 460 of the region's most common mushrooms. In addition to profiles on individual species, it also includes a general discussion and definition of fungi, information on where to find mushrooms and guidelines on collecting them, an overview of fungus ecology, and a discussion on how to avoid mushroom poisoning. More than 500 superb color photographs Helpful keys for identification Clear coded layout Covers Oregon, Washington, southern British Columbia, Idaho, and western-most Montana Essential reference for mushroom enthusiasts, hikers, and naturalists
Download or read book Northwest Foraging written by Doug Benoliel and published by Skipstone. This book was released on 2011-02-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CLICK HERE to download the section on foraging for field mustard with four sample recipes from Northwest Foraging * Suitable for novice foragers and seasoned botanists alike * More than 65 of the most common edible plants in the Pacific Northwest are thoroughly described *Poisonous plants commonly encountered are also included Originally published in 1974, Northwest Foraging quickly became a wild food classic. Now fully updated and expanded by the original author, this elegant new edition is sure to become a modern staple in backpacks, kitchens, and personal libraries. A noted wild edibles authority, Doug Benoliel provides more than 65 thorough descriptions of the most common edible plants of the Pacific Northwest region, from asparagus to watercress, juneberries to cattails, and many, many more! He also includes a description of which poisonous "look-alike" plants to avoid -- a must-read for the foraging novice. Features include detailed illustrations of each plant, an illustrated guide to general plant identification principles, seasonality charts for prime harvesting, a selection of simple foraging recipes, and a glossary of botanical terms. Beginning with his botany studies at the University of Washington, Doug Benoliel has been dedicated to native plants. He has owned a landscaping, design, and nursery business, and done his extensive work with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). Doug lives on Lopez Island, Washington.
Download or read book A Field Guide to Edible Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest written by Daniel Winkler and published by . This book was released on 2024-07-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This waterproof pocket-sized guide features full-colour photographs of mushrooms from Pacific Northwest trails and roadsides, forests and lawns. Readers can identify over forty common and easily-recognized edible mushrooms--and stay away from their not-so-edible look-alikes. Discover boletes, chanterelles, matsutake, shaggy mane, cauliflower, candy cap and many other tasty wild mushrooms. Easy to use and light to carry, this compact text is a must-have for all mushroom lovers who delight in searching for the next macrofungi bonanza.
Download or read book Mushrooms of the Northwest written by Teresa Marrone and published by Adventure Publications. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Begin to Identify Mushrooms with This Great Visual Guide for Idaho, Oregon, and Washington! Mushrooming is a popular and rewarding pastime—and it’s one that you can enjoy with the right information at hand. Mushrooms of the Northwest is the field guide to get you started. The region-specific book utilizes an innovative, user-friendly format that can help you identify mushrooms by their visual characteristics. Hundreds of full-color photographs are paired with easy-to-understand text, providing the details to give you confidence in the field. The information, written by foraging experts Teresa Marrone and Drew Parker, is accessible to beginners but useful for even experienced mushroom seekers. Learn about more than 400 species of common wild mushrooms found in the Northwest states of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The species (from Morel Mushrooms to Shelf Mushrooms) are organized by shape, then by color, so you can identify them by their visual characteristics. Plus, with the Top Edibles and Top Toxics sections, you'll begin to learn which are the edible wild mushrooms and which to avoid. Get this field guide, jam-packed with information, and start identifying the mushrooms you find.
Download or read book Fruits of the Forest written by Daniel Winkler and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2022-10-26 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a must-have book for mushroom hunters in the Pacific Northwest."― North American Mycological Association Key characteristics for each species to aid in identification Full-color photographs depicting each featured species Includes recipes for simple backcountry fare to elaborate dishes With details for harvesting everything from the ever-popular golden chanterelles to the red-cracked bolete, Fruits of the Forest will appeal to both the novice and the avid mushroom hunter. Lifelong mushroom educator and expert Daniel Winkler presents 170+ edible wild mushrooms that flourish across our region, from Northern California to British Columbia. Comprehensive yet accessible and full of personality, this full-color field guide features habitat and seasonality, how to store and prep different varieties, tips for differentiating look-alike species, and much more. Not only does Winkler have vast experience finding, identifying, and collecting mushrooms, he has also spent decades preparing various species in all sorts of meals. He presents a few dozen recipes, ranging from Chanterelles in Cream Sauce to Bold Bolete Quiche, Breaded Saffron Milkcaps to Candy Cap Butter Cookies. Winkler shares notes on mushroom culture around the world, tips on foraging, ideas for preserving mushrooms, and suggestions for medicinal teas and extracts. With Fruits of the Forest in hand, a delicious world of fungi tastes awaits!
Download or read book Peterson Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America Second Edition written by Karl B. McKnight and published by Peterson Field Guides. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new approach to identifying mushrooms based on five key features that can be observed while in the field. Toadstools, truffles, boletes and morels, witches' butter, conks, corals, puffballs and earthstars: mushrooms are both mysterious and ecologically essential. They can also be either delicious or deadly. Thousands of different species of mushrooms appear across North America in the woods, backyards, and in unexpected corners. Learning to distinguish them is a rewarding challenge for a naturalist or chef. Covering most of the common edible and poisonous species readers are likely to encounter, this portable-sized field guide takes a new, simple approach to the method of mushroom identification based on key features that do not require a microscope or technical vocabulary. In addition to the watercolors from the original edition, hundreds more illustrations have been added. These paintings make use of the limited space available in a field guide and focus on the distinguishing details of each species, thereby serving as an ideal tool for beginner and intermediate mycologists alike.
Download or read book Foraging Mushrooms Oregon written by Jim Meuninck and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed descriptions of edible mushrooms; tips on finding, preparing, and using mushrooms; a glossary of botanical terms; color photos. Use Foraging Mushrooms as a field guide or as a delightful armchair read. No matter what you’re looking for, be it the curative Heal-All or a snack, this guide will enhance your next backpacking trip or easy stroll around the garden, and may just provide some new favorites for your dinner table.
Download or read book Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada written by David L. Spahr and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated guidebook provides specific, easy-to-understand information on finding, collecting, identifying, and preparing the safer and more common edible and medicinal mushroom species of New England and Eastern Canada. Author David Spahr, a trained commercial photographer, here combines his mycological expertise and photographic skill to produce an attractive and detailed overview of his subject. Based on decades of practical experience and research, the book is written in a clear and forthright style that avoids the dry, generic descriptions of most field guides. Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada also provides useful ideas for cooking mushrooms. Rather than simply providing recipes, the book discusses the cooking characteristics of each variety, with advice about matching species with appropriate foods. Many mushrooms contain unique medicinal components for boosting the immune system to fight cancer, HIV, and other diseases, and Spahr offers practical and prudent guidelines for exploration of this rapidly emerging area of alternative therapeutic practice.
Download or read book Foraging Mushrooms Washington written by Jim Meuninck and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed descriptions of edible mushrooms; tips on finding, preparing, and using mushrooms; a glossary of botanical terms; color photos. Use Foraging Mushrooms Washington as a field guide or as a delightful armchair read. No matter what you’re looking for, be it the curative Heal-All or a snack, this guide will enhance your next backpacking trip or easy stroll around the garden, and may just provide some new favorites for your dinner table.
Download or read book Mushrooms of the Southeast written by Todd F. Elliott and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mushrooms of the Southeast is a compact, beautifully illustrated guide packed with descriptions and photographs of more than 400 of the region’s most important mushrooms. The geographic range covered by the book includes northern Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. In addition to profiles on individual species, the book also includes a general discussion and definition of fungi, information on where to find mushrooms and collection guidelines, an overview of fungus ecology, and information on mushroom poisoning and how to avoid it.
Download or read book How to Forage for Mushrooms Without Dying written by Frank Hyman and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the book for anyone who walks in the woods and would like to learn how to identify just the 29 edible mushrooms they're likely to come across. With Frank Hyman's expert advice and easy-to-follow guidelines, readers will be confident in identifying which mushrooms they can safely eat and which ones they should definitely avoid"--
Download or read book A Field Guide to Trees of the Pacific Northwest written by Phillipa Hudson and published by Harbour Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This laminated guide features twenty-six native trees commonly found from Alaska to Oregon, providing common and Latin names accompanied by colour photographs of identifying features such as bark, leaves or needles, flowers, cones, seeds and fruit. Information on identification, range and an illustration of each tree's silhouette make it a snap to distinguish a shore pine from a western white pine or a trembling aspen from a paper birch. Also included are traditional uses and other interesting tree facts and lore. For example, did you know that yellow cedar can live up to 5,000 years? Or that the bigleaf maple flowers are edible? Next time you go for a hike, pay attention to the forest and the trees with one of these laminated guides slipped into your back pocket or backpack.
Download or read book Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America written by R. Michael Davis and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amateur mushroom collectors and mycologists alike will find over 300 species of the region's most distinctive and ecologically important mushrooms profiled in this comprehensive field guide.
Download or read book Foraging Mushrooms Identification Field Guide of the Pacific Northwest written by Bleu Sayles and published by . This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***BEAUTIFUL COLOR PHOTOS FOR IDENTIFICATION*** There's a whole world of delectable fungi out there - and you can harvest the cream of the crop... absolutely free. Vitamin D is notoriously tricky to get enough of through food, and almost half of all adults in the USA are deficient in it. But there's one little hero in the edible world that packs a mighty punch when it comes to this elusive vitamin: the humble mushroom. When they're exposed to sunlight, mushrooms increase their vitamin D content substantially... and they have a number of other health-boosting benefits too. It's not surprising, then, that interest in mushroom foraging has soared over the last few years. With health and sustainability at the forefront of our minds, more and more people are hitting the woodlands and foraging for edible goodies every day. But if you're new to the foraging game, you're probably a little nervous about how you can be sure you're finding the edible gold... and not the toxic imposters. Being able to identify mushrooms confidently and accurately is a crucial part of foraging - and it's only when you can do this that the real fun can begin. When you know what you're looking for, not only can you be sure you're hitting the right mushrooms... You also have a much better idea of how to prepare and cook them in the best way for them to retain all their flavor and nutritional goodness. Want to turn a freshly picked mushroom into a dinnertime masterpiece? Then you need all the tools in place before you even set foot out the door. And that's exactly what the Foraging Mushrooms Identification Field Guide of the Pacific Northwest is going to give you. Inside, you'll find: All the most delicious treats are waiting for you in the Pacific Northwest - from giant white puffballs... to exquisite chanterelles... to fresh meadow mushrooms... and beyond! A concise history of foraging and mycology - understand where your passion for foraging comes from All the tools you'll need for a successful foraging trip (and why you need them) Essential mushroom safety advice - cross-reference with your finds for extra peace of mind Mushroom-storing secrets - make sure your bounty doesn't go to waste! Detailed identification guides for all the mushrooms you're likely to find in the region (with beautifully clear photographs to remove all shadow of a doubt) Specific gathering and preparation instructions for each variety of mushroom Delicious and easy-to-follow recipes to accompany every entry Clear comparisons to poisonous look-alikes - feel confident that every morsel you bring home is a safe and tasty treat And much more. Mushroom foraging offers a lifetime of rewards... And if you've been put off by the potential dangers or the fear that you need more skills than you have, it's time to change the narrative. The Pacific Northwest is alive with edible treasure... And with a clear and detailed guide at your fingertips, you can uncover it all - and turn it into a meal that will wow even your fussiest family members. If you're ready to unlock the magical world of mushroom foraging, scroll up and click "Add to Cart" right now. You'll never look back.
Download or read book All That the Rain Promises and More written by David Arora and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[All That the Rain Promises and More] is certainly the best guide to fungi, and may in fact be a long lasting masterpiece in guide writing for all subjects.”—Roger McKnight, The New York Times Mushrooms appeal to all kinds of people—and so will this handy pocket guide, which includes key information for more than 200 Western mushrooms Over 200 edible and poisonous mushrooms are depicted with simple checklists of their identifying features, as David Arora celebrates the fun in fungi with the same engaging bend of wit and wisdom, fact and fancy, that has made his comprehensive guide, Mushrooms Demystified, the mushroom hunter’s bible. “The best guide for the beginner. I’d buy it no matter where I lived in North America.”—Whole Earth Catalog
Download or read book Psychoactive Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest written by Joseph Weninger and published by . This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you live in the Pacific Northwest and have an interest in psychoactive mushrooms, this is the book to have. This book, with its factual nonbiased approach, will give you the knowledge needed to safely locate and identify all the presently known psychoactive mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. In this book you will find in-depth descriptions of psilocybin mushrooms, psychoactive Amanitas, and there most common deadly lookalikes. You will also find information on: - The history of psychoactive mushrooms - Mushroom identification terminology and how to take a spore print - When and where these mushrooms can be found - Their active ingredients and effects - The harvesting, preparation and dosage for these mushrooms - The dangers of these mushrooms and their legal status -The microscopic features of these mushrooms and more
