Description
Book SynopsisLet''s go out and hunt mushrooms! Foraging for wild mushrooms is one of the most enjoyable and delicious of family activities.
Good Mushroom Bad Mushroom is a friendly, authoritative field guide to hunting and eating wild mushrooms, including (importantly) how to identify the edible ones and avoid the toxic ones. Mushroom expert John Plischke considers 50 of the most interesting and noteworthy mushrooms out there, with full-color photos throughout and generous helpings of mushroom recipes. An attractive gift book for beginners and old-timers alike - adults as well as curious kids - Good Mushroom Bad Mushroom features heavy matte-laminated pages and concealed-wire binding for handy use outside.
Trade Review"When it comes to identifying and eating wild mushrooms, you need an expert you can trust. John Plischke III is that expert: he knows the mushrooms, which ones are edible, and how to tell them from any poisonous look-alikes. I'd trust my life to his judgment." –
Gary Lincoff, author of The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms"John is one of the top mushroom identifiers in the USA. Generously sharing his knowledge through lectures, workshops and meetings on mushrooms, he is a well known and sought after teacher." –
Sandy Sheine, Education Chair, North American Mycological Association
