Foraging Mushrooms Maine: Finding, Identifying, and Preparing Edible Wild Mushrooms

by Tom Seymour

Overview

Detailed descriptions of edible mushrooms; tips on finding, preparing, and using mushrooms; a glossary of botanical terms; color photos. Use Foraging Mushrooms as a field guide or as a delightful armchair read. No matter what you’re looking for, be it the curative Heal-All or a snack, this guide will enhance your next backpacking trip or easy stroll around the garden, and may just provide some new favorites for your dinner table.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493022946
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	07/15/2017
Series:	Foraging Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,045,822
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

The versatile Tom Seymour is a professional naturalist and writer best known for his award-winning newspaper columns and magazine articles about the outdoor life. His videos and workshops have taught New Englanders about the joys of foraging for more than a decade. A native of Waldo, Maine and expert angler, Tom is also a master of the bagpipes. His previous Falcon books include Fishing Maine, Birding Maine, and Hiking Maine.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Species List 15

1 Puffballs 17

Gem-Studded Puffball 18

Giant Puffball 22

Pear-Shaped Puffball 27

2 Gilled Mushrooms 31

Fairy Ping Mushroom 32

Meadow Mushroom 35

Mica Cap 40

Oyster Mushroom 43

Shaggy Mane 47

Yellow Waxy Cap 50

3 Polyporales 53

Artist's Conk 54

Chaga 56

Chicken of the Woods 60

Hen of the Woods 64

Turkey Tail 68

4 Chanterelles 71

Black Trumpet 72

Chanterelle 76

Red Chanterelle 79

5 Boletes 81

King Bolete 82

Painted Bolete 84

Red-Cracked Bolete 87

6 Tooth Fungi 91

Bear's Head Tooth 92

Spreading Hydnum 96

7 Coral Fungi 99

Crown Coral 100

8 Hypocreales 103

Lobster Mushroom 104

Equipment List 107

Resources 109

Index 111

About the Author 115