Edible Mushrooms. A Forager’s guide to the wild mushrooms of Britain and Europe.

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Edible Mushrooms. A Forager’s guide to the wild mushrooms of Britain and Europe. Author: Format: Paperback First Published: Published By: Green Books
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Pages: 528 Illustrations and other contents: Colour photos throughout, as well as a photo index ISBN: 9780857843975 Category: Tag:

This book on Edible Mushrooms is an up-to-date, comprehensive and brilliantly illustrated guide on fungi foraging in Britain and Europe. It covers every known edible species, and all the poisonous groups, as well as a few very common species and a handful of mushrooms included for their interesting or unusual characteristics. Identify edible and poisonous mushrooms.

  • Distinguish between ‘lookalike’ species.
  • Know when is the best time and place to hunt for each species.
  • Identify edible species which should be left alone because they are threatened
  • Photos show each species in its natural habitat, to aid identification.

Perfect for all ability levels – from absolute beginner to the experienced fungi forager who’d like to become an expert. Each edible species is ranked according to its difficulty/danger level, so beginners can start with the easiest ones, while experienced foragers can learn how to safely forage for the trickier species that other mushroom foraging guides leave out.

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Written by a master of mycology who deeply loves fungus, its habitats and its quirks. * Tim Maddams, TV presenter, chef and cookery writer * Geoff knows his stuff and puts it across in an easily accessible manner. This will be coming on all my fungi forages! * Gary Johnston, co-founder and instructor at Jack Raven Bushcraft * Bursting with quality photos and great information, achieving the 'balance between caution and adventure that a forager needs', this book is an absolute must for foragers. * Fergus Drennan aka Fergus The Forager * A must-have guide for anyone who likes to try edible fungi and wants to extend their knowledge. * Penny Jones, Propagator at Westonbirt, The National Arboretum * A fascinating, wise companion on the journey into the extraordinary and delicious world of fungi. Come autumn, it will accompany every foray I make into the woods, and my life, and my frying pan, will be vastly richer because of it. * Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition movement *

Author Biography

Geoff Dann is a foraging expert, often on radio and TV to give advice on fungi. He teaches chefs, bushcrafters, food enthusiasts and amateur sleuths to hunt sensibly and sustainably for wonderful mushrooms.