Common Edible & Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast

by C. Leonard Fergus, Charles Fergus

Overview

Handy in-the-field identification guideFeatures the "Foolproof Five"Includes a useful identification flowchartThe northeastern United States is home to an enormous variety of mushrooms--some delicious, some deadly. This handy in-the-field guide offers identification information for some 50 mushrooms that mushroom hunters are most likely to encounter in the wild: Parasol Mushroom, Delicious Lactarius, Sulphur Shelf, Giant Puffball. It also features detailed photographs illustrating the characteristics to look for when identifying mushrooms and natural history information--where they grow, when they appear, and the various forms they take.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811726412
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	03/01/2003
Edition description:	1ST
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	1,082,443
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.19(d)

About the Author

C. Leonard Fergus was a mycology professor at Pennsylvania State University. Charles Fergus has written numerous books about wildlife and the outdoors. He lives in the Green Mountains of Vermont.