Mushrooms Demystified

ISBN-13:	9780898151695
Publisher:	Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
Publication date:	10/01/1986
Series:	Travel Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	1056
Sales rank:	194,742
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 2.10(d)

Simply the best and most complete mushroom field guide and reference book, MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED includes descriptions and keys to more than 2,000 species of mushrooms, with more than 950 photographs. Mushroom authority David Arora provides a beginner's checklist of the 70 most distinctive and common mushrooms, plus detailed chapters on terminology, classification, habitats, mushroom cookery, mushroom toxins, and the meanings of scientific mushroom names. Beginning and experienced mushroom hunters everywhere will find MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED a delightful, informative, and indispensible companion.