Table of Contents
Acknowledgments viii
Introduction ix
How to Use This Guide xii
1 Chanterelles 1
Pacific Golden Chanterelle 2
White Chanterelle 5
Blue Chanterelle 7
Black Trumpet 10
Winter Chanterelle 12
Pig's Ear 14
Lobster Mushroom 16
2 Boletes 18
King Bolete 20
Red Cracked Bolete 23
Admirable Bolete 24
Aspen Bolete 26
3 Morels and Inedible False Morels 28
Morels 29
Black Morel 29
Yellow Morel 29
Half-Free Cap Morel 29
Inedible False Morels 34
4 Puffballs 35
Western Giant Puffball 36
Giant Puffball 38
Gem Puffball 40
Pear-Shaped Puffball 42
5 Polypores 45
Artist's Conk 46
Chicken of the Woods 48
Turkey Tail 51
Resinous Polypore 53
Reishi 55
Agarikon 57
6 Tooth Fungi 59
Conifers Bear's Head 60
Lion's Mane 62
Hedgehog 64
Belly Button Hedgehog 66
7 Jelly Fungi 69
Wood Ears 70
Alpine Jelly Cone (Gumdrops) 73
Fan-Shaped Jelly Fungus 74
8 Coral Fungi 77
Spring Coral 78
Crown Coral 80
9 Gilled Mushrooms 82
Shaggy Mane 83
10 Pleurotaceae 86
Oyster Mushrooms 87
11 Russulaceae 91
Candy Cap 92
Saffron Milk Cap 94
12 Tricholomataceae 96
Fried Chicken Mushroom 97
Matsutake 100
Wood Blewit 102
13 Agaricaceae 105
Meadow Mushroom 106
Prince 108
14 From the Market and Rare in the Oregon Wild 110
Chaga 111
Maitake 113
Portobello 116
Enokitake 118
Shiitake 120
15 Inedible, Toxic, and Hallucinogenic Mushrooms 122
Amanitas 123
Clitocybes 125
Russuiales 126
Lactarius 127
Pholiotas 128
Mycenas 129
Cortinarius 130
Little Brown Mushrooms 131
Appendices 133
A Mushroom Recipes 133
B Grow Your Own Mushrooms 133
C Other Growing and Gathering Resources 134
D Recommended Books 135
E Bibliography 136
F Photo Credits 145
Index 147
About the Author 149
