McKnight Kent H., McKnight Vera B. A Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America

Boston - New York: Houghton Mifflin company, 1987. - 548 p.
ISBN: 0-395-91090-0.
No one is better qualified to write and illustrate A held Guide to the Mushrooms of North America than Kent and Vera McKnight. These attractive fungi have been their life-long obsession. If the gestation period of this book from original concept to the printed page has seemed a long one, it is because of the complexity of the subject and the authors' desire for perfection. Drawings in themselves take time and the exquisite color plates by Vera McKnight are a perfect counter-point to the informative text. All mycophiles will treasure this book in their library, and if you are a newcomer to the game, take this field guide with you on your rural rambles. It will help you to put names to most of the mushrooms that decorate the woodlands and wet meadows when conditions are just right.