Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast

Author: Noah Siegel
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 1607748185
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 610

Book Description
A comprehensive and user-friendly field guide for identifying the many mushrooms of the northern California coast, from Monterey County to the Oregon border. Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast will help beginning and experienced mushroom hunters alike to find and identify mushrooms, from common to rare, delicious to deadly, and interesting to beautiful. This user-friendly reference covers coastal California from Monterey County to the Oregon border with full treatments of more than 750 species, and references to hundreds more. With tips on mushroom collecting, descriptions of specific habitats and biozones, updated taxonomy, and outstanding photography, this guide is far and away the most modern and comprehensive treatment of mushrooms in the region. Each species profile pairs a photograph with an in-depth description, as well as notes on ecology, edibility, toxicity, and look-alike species. Written by mushroom identification experts and supported by extensive field work, Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast is an indispensable guide for anyone curious about fungi.

Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America

Author: R. Michael Davis
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520271084
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 473

Book Description
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.

Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast

Author: Noah Siegel
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 1607748185
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 610

Katya's Book of Mushrooms

Author: Katya Arnold
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 162779915X
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133

Book Description
Mushrooms are exciting to find, beautiful to look at, fascinating to identify, and delicious to eat. When you know what to look for, a mushroom hunt is as safe and enjoyable as a treasure hunt. Katya Arnold ranges through the world to find hundreds of varieties of mushrooms, as well as fascinating anecdotes and fun facts that make these wonders of nature exciting and immediate. A walk in the woods will never be the same!

Fungi of the UCSC Redwoods

Author: Christian Schwarz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781546483434
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
From Christian Schwarz, co-author of Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast (Ten Speed Press, 2016), comes Fungi of the UCSC Redwoods. This pocket guide includes full color photographs of 127 mushroom taxa, complete with detailed notes on identification, ecology, habitat, spore color, and status on the University of California-Santa Cruz's Upper Campus. San Francisco artist Althea James's whimsical illustrations enliven the pages of this excellent introduction to mushrooms of the central California redwood forest.

Mushrooms of British Columbia

Author: Andy MacKinnon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780772679550
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 504

Book Description
A unique field guide brimming with detailed descriptions, vibrant photos, and fascinating facts about British Columbia?s most common?and most distinctive?mushroom species.

Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest, Revised Edition

Author: Steve Trudell
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1643261703
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 776

Book Description
Ideal for hikers, foragers, and naturalists, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live. Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest is a comprehensive field guide to the most conspicuous, distinctive, and ecologically important mushrooms found in the region. With helpful identification keys and photographs and a clear, color-coded layout, Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest is ideal for hikers, foragers, and natural history buffs and is the perfect tool for loving where you live. Covers Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia Describes and illustrates 493 species 530 photographs, with additional keys and diagrams Clear color-coded layout

Poisonous Plants of California

Author: Thomas C. Fuller
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520055698
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 468

Book Description
00 This highly informative volume describes California's native, naturalized, and cultivated plant species which can be poisonous and describes how to recognize them, where they are found, and what symptoms they produce. This highly informative volume describes California's native, naturalized, and cultivated plant species which can be poisonous and describes how to recognize them, where they are found, and what symptoms they produce.

Foraging Mushrooms Oregon

Author: Jim Meuninck
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493026704
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 168

Book Description
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.

Christopher Hobbs's Medicinal Mushrooms: The Essential Guide

Author: Christopher Hobbs
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1635861675
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 275

Book Description
Mushrooms have been used as medicine for thousands of years and their value in boosting immunity, improving memory, and even fighting cancer is being recognized and documented in scientific research. Christopher Hobbs, a mycologist and herbalist at the forefront of contemporary research, profiles the most powerful medicinal mushrooms and explains the nutritional and medicinal compounds in each one. Detailed instructions cover how to select, store, and prepare each variety for use. Whether readers are growing or foraging their own mushrooms, or sourcing them from a local provider, this essential handbook will guide them in making health-boosting medicine.