Mushrooming without fear : the beginner's guide to collecting safe and delicious mushrooms / by Alexander Schwab ; consultants, Monika Lehmann and Roy Mantle.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781602391604
- ISBN: 1602391602
- Physical Description: pages cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : Skyhorse Pub., 2007.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | It's safe, easy and fun -- How to use this guide -- What is a mushroom? -- How to pick mushrooms -- Positively identifying mushrooms -- Mushrooms with tubes -- Mushrooms with ridges -- Mushrooms with spines -- Mavericks -- Mushrooming miscellany -- The mushrooming regions -- Trees and mushrooms -- Handling, storage and cooking -- Beyond the stove. |
Target Audience Note: | NF Lexile |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Mushroom culture. Mushrooms. |
Available copies
- 6 of 8 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Montgomery City Public.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Montgomery City Public Library | 635.8 SCH (Text) | 31927000019681 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 04/17/2024 |
Electronic resources
Mushrooming Without Fear : The Beginner's Guide to Collecting Safe and Delicious Mushrooms
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Mushrooming Without Fear : The Beginner's Guide to Collecting Safe and Delicious Mushrooms
Is it safe or not? What gourmands and nature lovers need to know to harvest your own. Advice, with photographs, from an expert! Novices eager to collect tasty wild mushrooms will find this unique guide invaluable. Unlike others, it focuses only on those types that are both safe to eat and delicious. Most importantly, it presents the eight rules of mushroom gathering in a straightforward fashion, including, "Never, never take a mushroom with gills" and "If a mushroom smells rotten, it is rotten." Among the mushrooms covered are the cep; the red-cracked, larch, bay, and birch boletes; hen of the woods, chanterelle, trumpet chanterelle, hedgehog fungus, common puffball, horn of plenty, and cauliflower mushroom. Each is identified with several photographs and identification checklist, and there's also information on mushroom season, handling, storage, and cooking, complete with recipes.