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How to Identify Mushrooms
This book has two reliable features for mushroom identification. It focuses on seven edible mushrooms that are easy for a novice to identify, and it provides a check-off guide for each mushroom to help you learn to identify your find. In each check-off guide, six characteristics are given regarding the mushroom’s season, habitat, appearance, cap, gills, and stem. Use the check-off guide, together with the photos, to help you confirm that your mushroom is one of the seven.
Mushroom Hunting Strategies
Knowing how to identify mushrooms is only part of the battle. The most successful mushroom hunters understand what a mushroom is and how it grows. You wouldn’t search for morel mushrooms on the stumps of dead trees in autumn if you had knowledge of morels. Knowing the characteristics of mushrooms, such as the growing season and the habitat, are critical to finding them. These characteristics are incorporated into the text and the check-off guide for each mushroom.
Identifying the Safe Seven
For each of the seven Start Mushrooming species, you’ll find text discussing each mushroom, photos, a check-off guide, and a seasonal quick-guide. The text for each mushroom contains natural history, lore, and harvesting tips. This section is meant to inform and also to inspire you to discover the real joy of mushrooming. Reading the text is essential to knowing the particulars of the mushroom. The check-off guide is designed to be a step-by-step process to help you identify your find.
Cooking with Wild Mushrooms
When it comes time to eat, think mushrooms! There are many reasons to enjoy wild edible mushrooms besides their great flavors. Mushrooms have nutritional value. They are a source of fiber, a source of protein, and they provide vitamins B and D, as well as potassium. They also are a source of antioxidants. The recipes were selected to bring out the flavor and texture of each specific wild mushroom. For your convenience, most recipes include amounts for both fresh and dried mushrooms.
Publisher : Adventure Publications; 2nd edition (April 30, 2019)
Language : English
Paperback : 128 pages
ISBN-10 : 1591938309
ISBN-13 : 978-1591938309
Item Weight : 8 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.25 x 8 inches
Price: $13.48
