Contents

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PART ONE. Discovering Mycophagy

1. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MUSHROOM

2. FUNDAMENTALS OF THE HUNT

3. WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND?

4. THE MYCOPHAGIST’S TEN COMMANDMENTS

5. HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE AND BEYOND

PART TWO. Forgotten Fruit: Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America

6. CHANTERELLES AND SIMILAR MUSHROOMS

7. GILLED MUSHROOMS

8. BOLETES

9. TOOTH MUSHROOMS

10. CORAL-SHAPED, CLUB-SHAPED, AND CAULIFLOWER-SHAPED MUSHROOMS

11. SHELFLIKE MUSHROOMS, PUFFBALLS, MORELS, AND JELLY FUNGI

PART THREE. Poisonous Wild Mushrooms of North America

12. MUSHROOM POISONING

13. POISONOUS WILD MUSHROOMS

PART FOUR. Wild Mushrooms in the Kitchen

14. PREPARING, PRESERVING, AND COOKING WILD MUSHROOMS

15. WILD MUSHROOM RECIPES

GLOSSARY

RECOMMENDED READING

INDEX