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| View Larger Image | Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi
by David Arora
| | List Price: | $39.95 | | Price: | $26.37 | | You Save: | $13.58 (34%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 3945 | | Studio: | Ten Speed Press | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 1020 | | Publication Date: | December 31, 1969 | | Publisher: | Ten Speed Press |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Book Description
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 2,000 species. There is a Beginner's 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. |
Amazon.com
This is the be-all and end-all of mushroom books! Truly an encyclopedia of mushroom facts and lore, lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs, literally everything you need to know about mushrooms, edible or not. Arora has taught mycology for close to twenty years and has hunted and photographed mushrooms across the North American continent. Threaded through the book are his wry and humorous observations and comments, making what could have been a rather dull, "just-the-facts, ma'am" reference book into a really enjoyable read. The stunning photographs of the incredible variety of fungi are fascinating and eye-opening, and while the author gives clear and factual information, the mysterious allure of mushrooms in their countless shapes, sizes and colors is only increased by this huge and delightful book. --Mark Hetts |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 43 reviews)
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Fantastic, comprehensive resource 
For anyone interested in learning about mushrooms, this book is the mushroom bible for species in the United States. It's not really a book for beginners, because the information can be somewhat overwhelming, but if you want a positive ID on something you've found, there's no better resource to do it. Then again, Arora injects a dose of unexpected hilarity that a mushroom-hunter with any level of experience can appreciate.
August 14, 2008 | |
Great resource!
This book is amazing, and is my husband's new found hobby book and is already well-read. It is extremely thick for being a mere paperback, and arrived damaged. My only complaint is that it seems to not be ready for the hard wear and tear these mycologists will surely be exuding. The book itself is even more than we hoped for, and is an amazing resource.
July 15, 2008 | |
Good book, Arora could make it perfect 
It's an excellent book, but could be perfect if it has color spore charts, one of the most important taxonomic features are spore color and Arora recognize this on his book, why let that out?
July 05, 2008 | |
Great Field Guide.
Superb field guide for the mushroom greenhorn and connoisseur alike. Great color photos with all sorts of information about the little guys that you could ever imagine. They also warn about which ones to stay away from - always a good thing. Even if you're not into them that much, it's still a great book to have around the house just in case you ever want to know what kind of mushrooms are growing in your neighborhood. This would be an excellent book for a classroom or a great gift for a kid who's into being outdoors. Boy & Girl Scouts and groups like that would find this book indispensable for outings and general knowledge.
*Note* There is also a pocket guide that I own that is great too, and much more easy to lug around than this compendium.
June 26, 2008 | |
Wild Mushroom Field Guide Review
One of, if not thee, most comprehensive field guide for wild mushrooming ever published. Amazing work.
April 20, 2008 | |
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