Table of Contents

• Preface
• Content
• Acknowledgments
• Part One. Discovering Mycophagy
  • 1. An Introduction to the Mushroom
  • 2. Fundamentals of the Hunt
  • 3. What Have You Found?
  • 4. The Mycophagist's Ten Commandments
  • 5. How to Use this Guide and Beyond
• Part Two. Forgotten Fruit: Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America
  • 6. Chanterelles And Similar Mushrooms
  • 7. Gilled Mushrooms
  • 8. Boletes
  • 9. Tooth Mushrooms
  • 10. Coral-Shaped, Club-Shaped, And Cauliflower-Shaped Mushrooms
  • 11. Shelflike Mushrooms, Puffballs, Morels, And Jelly Fungi
• Part Three. Poisonous Wild Mushrooms of North America
  • 12. Mushroom Poisoning
  • 13. Poisonous Wild Mushrooms
• Part Four. Wild Mushrooms in the Kitchen
  • 14. Preparing, Preserving, and Cooking Wild Mushrooms
  • 15. Wild Mushroom Recipes
• Glossary
• Recommended Reading
• Index

About the Author

David W. Fischer is a writer, mycologist, and musician based in upstate New York, and the coauthor of the encyclopedic Mushrooms of Northeastern North America.Alan E. Bessette is a professional mycologist and emeritus professor of biology, and the author or coauthor of more than twenty books, including Mushrooms of Northeastern North America, Ascomycete Fungi of North America: A Mushroom Reference Guide, and Boletes of Eastern North America.

Reviews

Some new mushroomers will find this single volume all the library they need to harvest and enjoy wild mushrooms for the table.
*Mushroom the Journal*

The publication is of excellent quality and print, well edited, authoritative, and provides an excellent introduction to edible and poisonous wild mushrooms.
*Mycologia*