Bunyard Britt A., Lynch T. The Beginner's Guide to Mushrooms: Everything You Need to Know, from Foraging to Cultivating

Quarry Books, 2021. — 255 p. — ISBN: 978-1-63159-912-5.Never before have mushrooms generated so much interest, for their health benefits and medicinal properties, as well as a new understanding of their crucial role in a healthy environment and ability to regenerate damaged ones. If you are a newcomer, mycology, or the study of mushrooms and other fungi, can seem daunting. While other field guides are geared toward experts with advanced knowledge or regional in scope and aimed at only a few easy-to-recognize mushrooms, The Beginner’s Guide to Mushrooms by veteran mycologists Britt A. Bunyard and Tavis Lynch is a complete reference and guidebook to get you started identifying, cultivating, cooking, and preserving mushrooms. Begin your wonderful exploration of wild mushrooms with this accessible yet thorough beginner's guide.The Basics.
Mushrooms: Identification.
Agarics with Pale Spores.
Agarics with Pink Spores.
Agarics with Brown Spores.
Agarics with Dark Spores.
Stalked Mushrooms with Teeth or Spines.
Astipitate Mushrooms with Teeth or Spines.
Mushrooms with Stalk, Cap, and Pores.
Mushrooms with Stalks and Wrinkled, Cone-shaped, or Saddle-shaped Caps.
Shelf-like Mushrooms with Pores.
Shelf-like Mushrooms with Gills.
Cup-like Mushrooms.
Ball-shaped Mushrooms.
Coral-like Mushrooms.
Simple Club-shaped Stalk Mushrooms that Arise from Soil or Wood.
Jelly-like Mushrooms.
Crusts and Mushroom Oddities.
Mushroom Cultivation.
Culinary Uses and Preservation.