Common Edible & Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast 1st Edition by C. Leonard Fergus (Author), Charles Fergus

Common Edible & Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast

1st Edition by C. Leonard Fergus (Author), Charles Fergus

Softcover

COMMON EDIBLE AND POISONOUS MUSHROOMS
Handy in-the-field identification guide -Features the "Foolproof Five" -Includes a useful identification flowchart -The northeastern United States is home to an enormous variety of mushrooms--some delicious, some deadly. This handy in-the-field guide offers identification information for some 50 mushrooms that mushroom hunters are most likely to encounter in the wild:

• Parasol Mushroom
• Delicious Lactarius
• Sulphur Shelf
• Giant Puffball

It also features detailed photographs illustrating the characteristics to look for when identifying mushrooms and natural history information--where they grow, when they appear, and the various forms they take.