Research Catalog

Title

Field guide to wild mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic / Bill Russell.

Author

Russell, Bill, 1935-

Publication

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2006], ©2006.

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Details

Description

xi, 236 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map; 24 cm

Summary

"Suited to both the novice and the experienced mushroom hunter, this book helps the reader identify mushrooms with the use of illustrations, descriptions, and environmental observations. Bill Russell's fifty years of experience in hunting, studying, and teaching about wild mushrooms have been carefully distilled into this easy-to-use and well-designed guide. The book is divided into the four seasons, each with its distinctive mushroom offerings. Each mushroom section includes a detailed description, information about the mushroom's biology, tips on where the mushroom is most likely to be found, and a short "nutshell" description for quick reference. The book also includes color photographs of each of the mushrooms described." "Russell's Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic shows the reader not only how to identify the most common mushrooms found in the region but also how to avoid common copycats - and what to do with the mushrooms once they're identified and harvested. With both color illustrations and insightful descriptions of one hundred of the area's most common mushrooms, this field guide is an invaluable reference for the curious hiker, the amateur biologist, or the adventurous chef."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Mushrooms > Pennsylvania > Identification
• Mushrooms > Middle Atlantic States > Identification

Note

• "A Keystone book."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]) and index.

ISBN

• 0271028912 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780271028910 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006006628

OCLC

• ocm64510388
• 64510388
• SCSB-5353742

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries