People love mushrooms. They want to pick them and eat them. but when they get home and try to check them, the fears crowd in. The reference books are vague. Too many dangerous look-alikes. Is the colour in that photograph exaggerated? A field mushroom suddenly seems worryingly like a Destroying Angel....the mushrooms are all discarded.
Here is a mushrooming guide with a totally new, positive approach. Forget all the other 500 species. You only need to know these twelve. And you need to know them fully, without a shadow of a doubt.
Alex Schwab's mushrooming rules are few but they are fixed rules. His key identification points leave no room for uncertainty. And he promises you these mushrooms will all taste delicious.
Mushrooming without fear for the first time.
AUTHOR: Alexander Schwab grew up in Switzerland and was awarded a Masters Degree in philosophy and history at Aberdeen University. His main interests are all aspects of fishing, hunting and mushrooming. He now lives in New Zealand and when not mushrooming, fishing or hunting, he is thinking or writing about them.
183 colour photographs, 4 colour illustrations
By:
Alexander Schwab
Imprint: Merlin Unwin Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 189mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 703g
ISBN: 9781913159504
ISBN 10: 1913159507
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 01 December 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified
How to use this guide 8 The mushrooming without fear method 9 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? 12 Tubes, spines, ridges and gills 15 Tubes 16 Spines 17 Ridges 18 Gills. 20 Comparing ridges and gills 24 Mushrooming without Fear Mushrooms with tubes 29 Cep or Penny Bun Bolete 30 Red Cracked Bolete 34 Dotted Stemmed Bolete 38 Larch Bolete 44 Slippery Jack 48 Bay Bolete 52 Birch Bolete 58 Mushrooms with ridges 63 Chanterelle 64 Trumpet Chanterelle 68 Mushrooms with spines 73 Hedgehog Fungus 74 Mavericks 79 Morel 80 Common Puffball 88 Hen of the Woods 92 Horn of Plenty 96 Cauliflower Mushroom 100 For those who want to know more about mushrooms with gills Mushrooms with gills 109 Field Mushroom 110 Wood Blewit 116 Shaggy Ink Cap 120 Parasol 124 Shaggy Parasol 130 Oyster Mushroom 134 St George’s Mushroom 138 Charcoal Burner 142 Amethyst Deceiver 148 Background Trees and mushrooms 152 The mushrooming season 154 Handling, storage and cooking 154 Fascinating folklore 157 Index 159
Alexander Schwab grew up in Switzerland and was awarded a Masters Degree in philosophy and history at Aberdeen University. His main interests are all aspects of fishing, hunting and mushrooming. He now lives in New Zealand and when not mushrooming, fishing or hunting, he is thinking or writing about them.
