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Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America | 
| Author: Roger Phillips
Publisher: Firefly Books
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
Buy Used: $17.15
You Save: $22.80 (57%)
Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 243198
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Revised
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 9.9 x 1
ISBN: 1554071151
Dewey Decimal Number: 579.6097
EAN: 9781554071159
ASIN: 1554071151
Publication Date: September 22, 2005
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Product Description
The ultimate illustrated handbook on mushrooms. More than 1,000 handsome color photographs by Roger Phillips illustrate this comprehensive guide to mushrooms and other fungi of North America, in all their astonishing variety. Amateur collectors, expert mycologists and armchair naturalists will welcome the reissue of this valuable reference. Each photograph has a neutral background to eliminate distractions. The specimens are arranged to show the cap, stem, gills, spines, and a cross section, usually in various stages of growth. The information on each mushroom variety includes: - Dimensions of cap, gills and stem - Color and texture description of flesh - Description of odor and taste - Habitat and growing season - Description of spores - Categorization of edibility. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America also includes useful tips and helpful advice on collecting specimens and identifying them. This book is the ideal introduction to mycology.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 Excellent identification tool with minor drawbacks. December 10, 2008
Kersi Von Zerububbel (San Diego, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
To date this is the BEST 'mushroom identification book' that I own. I have used this book for the last 17 years and it has not let me down save for a couple of instances. I have the 1991 paperback edition that is quite easy to tug along on vacation, field trips, and back yards. Yes, the size makes it a tad inconvenient on long trips but having large, clear pictures and the identification points on the same or the page next to the picture makes rapid identification a lot easier. So in my opinion this more than makes up for the large size problem.
The author does state that for an accurate identification the ENTIRE specimen should be uprooted to use the base, spore colors etc as identifying points. Please be aware that in many parks and private property areas uprooting specimens is prohibited except by permission.
The pictures are quite clear and the author has identification keys that make the text very easy to follow. There are a couple of issues that I wish were fixed. First, the pictures are not taken in the field but in a studio with a bluish grey background. This helps because ALL parts of the mushroom are clearly visible but the background used diffues the color scheme of the specimen. In most cases this is no big deal I was easily able to identify specimens but in some cases I was led down the wrong path. Secondly, the key does not contain all specimens but that is understandable.
All in all I am very happy that I chanced upon this book in 1991. It has served me well all these years. In fact just this morning while working on my sprinkler heads I used this book to identify a specimen I had not seen before. I have checked out the new edition which is in hardback but I prefer my old reliable companion so I'll just keep it.
 A Mycologist's Dream book September 28, 2008
Arnold Christian (Blue Grass, IA)
I have a small library of dichotomous key books that I have collected over the 15 years I have been interested in mushrooms and this is the best new book on mycology I found it via the Prairie State Mushroom Club in Iowa that I am a member of. It has brief but valuable biological descriptive info supplemented by great photos showing immature button to mature stages of the 5 major genera: Amanita, Lacterus,Cortinaarius, and Boletus. In addition, it states for each species whether it is edible,not recommended, non-edible/poisonous. A good glossary and beginner's key of nomenclature and methods of spore,pilus,stipe identification. A "must have" book for any amateur or professional fungalist. Arnold Christian, Blue Grass, IA
Terrific book! December 13, 2007
C. Sharp (Dayton, Ohio)
This book has a ton of great pictures and descriptions. I bought this book for my fiance who is a mushroom inthusiast. There were many times when we would be taking a walk and he would wonder if mushrooms we saw were edible. He keeps the book in his car, and it's a great reference guide. The descriptions let us know where to expect certain mushrooms, if they are edible or not, and what they taste like.
I highly recommend this book for new mushroom hunters!
Bring back the soft cover! December 5, 2007
Linda Kendrick (Redford, MI USA)
I love this book, it has more pictures than any other mushroom book. It's like a bible for mushroom identifying.
BUT the older edition with the soft cover was way more practical to drag around in the field and easier to thumb through.
I miss it.
Great photo guide for mushroom collectors November 29, 2007
N. Proctor
I bought this book for use in identifying and photographing mushrooms in New England, and it has yet to disappoint. Probably the best full-color photo guide that I've seen. If mushrooms are your thing, this book is a must-have.
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