Contents
How to Use This Guide.
The Mushrooming with Confidence Method
What does “edible” mean?
Learn to leave a mushroom
Look-alike poisonous species
The tools of the trade
Worm-infested mushrooms
Cutting or pulling?
Raw mushrooms
What Is a Mushroom?
Gills, Ridges, Tubes, and Spines
Gills
Ridges
Gills and Ridges in Comparison
Tubes
Spines
Positively Identifying Mushrooms
Mushrooms with Gills
The Field Mushroom
The Wood Blewit
The Shaggy Mane
The Parasol
The Shaggy Parasol
The Oyster Mushroom
The Charcoal Burner
The Amethyst Deceiver
Mushrooms with Tubes
The King Bolete
The Red Cracked Bolete
The Larch Bolete
The Slippery Jack
The Bay Bolete
The Birch Bolete
Mushrooms with Ridges
The Chanterelle
The Trumpet Chanterelle
Mushrooms with Spines
The Hedgehog Fungus
Mavericks
The Morel
The Common Puffball
The Hen of the Woods
The Horn of Plenty
The Cauliflower Mushroom
Trees and Mushrooms
Handling, Storage, and Cooking
Index