Mushroom Hunting for Beginners: A Starter's Guide to Identifying and Foraging Fungi

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Gary Lincoff

Mushroom Hunting for Beginners

A Starter's Guide to Identifying and Foraging Fungi

Gary Lincoff

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New Shoe Press
14 November 2023

Mycology, fungi (non-medical); The natural world, country life & pets; Outdoor survival skills

Series: New Shoe Press

Learn to enjoy all the benefits of mushroom foraging with this accessible and affordable adaptation of the best-selling guide Complete Mushroom Hunter.

Mushroom hunting is great in so many ways: it gets you outside, teaches you about science and the environment, connects you with like-minded friends, and allows you to enjoy mushrooms wide variety of uses in food, medicine, and beauty. Mushroom Hunting for Beginners offers the essential information you need to get started with this rewarding hobby. In this beginners guide, Mushroom guru Gary Lincoff walks you through best practices for hunting and identifying wild mushrooms, mushroom safety, as well as some tips for preparing and using the mushrooms you collect. The great photographs and intriguing stories included in Mushroom Hunting for Beginners will draw you in, and the practical, detailed information and tips will make you into a well-seasoned mycophile before you know it. Edible mushrooms are everywhere, and once you learn how to look for them and identify them, you will be hooked on mushroom hunting, whether its in your local city park, a suburban cemetery, or rural woods. This valuable reference includes:

Practical information on getting equipped for mushroom forays

An illustrated guide to the most common wild edible mushrooms and their poisonous look-alikes

An illustrated guide to medicinal mushrooms

Where to forage

Mushroom identification skills

How to use your harvest, including a selection of mushroom-infused recipes for tasty food and medicinal and beauty products

If you are new to mushroom foraging, this book is the perfect place to start. If you are more experienced, this is a great go-to reference to refresh your knowledge and skill set each season. So grab this guide, your gear, and get hunting.

By: Gary Lincoff
Imprint: New Shoe Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 191mm,
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780760383926
ISBN 10: 0760383928
Series: New Shoe Press
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 14 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gary Lincoff taught courses on mushroom and plant identification and use at the New York Botanical Garden and led wild mushroom and edible wild plant study trips and forays to 30 countries. Lincoff chaired the Telluride Mushroom Festival for 25 years (1980-2004), and continued to participate for many years as its principal speaker. He was the president of the North American Mycological Association from 1980 to 1986. His books include the The Complete Mushroom Hunter and National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. He lived in New York City.