Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic

Revised and Expanded Edition

Bill Russell

• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9780271077802
• eBook ISBN: 9780271080307
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Botany
• Index: Biological Sciences

This revised and expanded edition of mushroom expert Bill Russell's popular Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic provides both novice and experienced mushroom foragers with detailed, easy-to-use information about more than one hundred species of these fungi, including twenty-five varieties not found in the previous guide.

From the Morel to the Chanterelle to the aptly named Chicken of the Woods, mushrooms of the mid-Atlantic region can be harvested and enjoyed, if you know where to look. Each entry in this field guide contains a detailed description, current scientific classification, key updates and information from recent studies, and high-quality color photographs to aid in identification. Thoughtfully organized by season, the guide shows you how to locate and identify the most common mushrooms in the region and recognize look-alikes—and explains what to do with edible mushrooms once you've found them.

Featuring over one hundred full-color illustrations and distilling Russell's fifty years of experience in hunting, studying, and teaching about wild mushrooms, Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic is an indispensable reference for curious hikers, amateur biologists, adventurous chefs, and mycophiles of all stripes.

Table of contents

• COVER Front
• Copyright Page
• WARNING
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Mushroom Basics
• ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE MUSHROOMS
• SPRING Mushrooms
• SUMMER Mushrooms
• FALL Mushrooms
• WINTER Mushrooms
• EDIBLE AND NON-EDIBLE MUSHROOMS
• MUSHROOMS IN THE KITCHEN
• Appendix: Gill/Pore and Spore Print Guide
• References
• Index
• COVER Back