North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Indedible Fungi

North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Indedible Fungi
By Orson K. Miller, Jr. and Hope H. Miller 

With more than 600 brilliant color photographs, detailed line drawings, informative and illuminating descriptions, and critical identification keys, NORTH AMERICAN MUSHROOMS is the definitive guide to the fungi of the United States and Canada. This comprehensive book for expert and amateur alike offers tips on how, where, and when to collect wild mushrooms; suggestions for culinary uses; a section on mushroom toxins; and pictorial keys and glossaries to aid the user in precise identification. This is a must-have reference book for anyone interested in wild mushrooms, their uses, and their habitats. Dr. Orson K. Miller, Jr. is one of the preeminent mycologists in the United States. His wife and research partner, Hope H. Miller is the author of a wild mushroom cookbook. Mushroom enthusiasts who already have several other mushroom field guides
will certainly want to add this one to their libraries. 

6 x 9 inches, 584 pages.
Softcover but with an unusually durable cover and binding.