The Complete Mushroom Hunter: An Illustrated Guide to Foraging, Harvesting, and Enjoying Wild Mushrooms

by Gary Lincoff, David Work (Photographer), Dianna Smith (Photographer), Nancy Ward (Photographer), Michael Wood (Photographer)

Overview

The only mushrooming book that will introduce you safely and with confidence to the not-so “underground” hobby of mushroom hunting and gathering.

Gathering edible wild food is a wonderful way to forge a connection to the earth. Mushrooms are the ultimate local food source; they grow literally everywhere, from mountains and woodlands to urban and suburban parks to your own backyard. The Complete Mushroom Hunter will enrich your understanding of the natural world and build an appreciation for an ancient, critically relevant, and useful body of knowledge. Amateur mycologists and mushroom enthusiasts will find this is a guidebook for their passion.

Mushroom guru Gary Lincoff escorts you from the mushroom’s earliest culinary awakening, through getting equipped for mushroom forays, to preparing and serving the fruits of the foray, wherever you live.

Inside you’ll find:

• A brief, but colorful history of mushroom hunting worldwide
• How to get equipped for a mushroom foray
• A completely illustrated guide to the common wild edible mushrooms and their poisonous look-alikes: where to find them, how to identify them, and more
• How to prepare and serve the fruits of your foray, plus more than 30 delicious recipes
• Plus, dozens of colorful, priceless anecdotes from living the mushroom lifestyle

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781631594113
Publisher:	Quarto Publishing Group USA
Publication date:	12/20/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	131,060
File size:	32 MB
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About the Author

Gary Lincoff taught courses on mushroom and plant identification and use at the New York Botanical Garden and led wild mushroom and edible wild plant study trips and forays to 30 countries. Lincoff chaired the Telluride Mushroom Festival for 25 years (1980–2004), and continued to participate for many years as its principal speaker. He was the president of the North American Mycological Association from 1980 to 1986. His books include the The Complete Mushroom Hunter and National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. He lived in New York City.

Gary Lincoff taught courses on mushroom and plant identification and use at the New York Botanical Garden and led wild mushroom and edible wild plant study trips and forays to 30 countries. Lincoff chaired the Telluride Mushroom Festival for 25 years (1980–2004), and continued to participate for many years as its principal speaker. He was the president of the North American Mycological Association from 1980 to 1986. His books include the The Complete Mushroom Hunter and National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. He lived in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Chapter 1 Mushrooms: The What and the Who 8

Mushroom Poisoning and Health Hazards 10

Mycophilia and Mycophobia 11

World Markets 14

Chapter 2 Mushroom Hunting 20

Lawns 22

Backyards 25

A Local Park Mushroom Hunt 30

A Walk on the Wild Side: The Big Bad Woods 32

Essential Equipment 34

Extreme Mushrooms: Going for the Gold 39

Eating Like There's No Tomorrow 40

Chapter 3 Mushroom Identification 42

What Are Fungi? 44

What is a Mushroom? 44

Identifying Mushrooms Using All Our Senses 49

Worldwide Mushroom Field Groups 50

Morels 56

Truffles 66

Chanterelles 70

Black Trumpets 74

Tooth Fungi 76

Hedgehog (or Sweet Tooth) 80

Coral Fungi 82

Boletes 86

Polypores 91

Giant Puffball 98

Lobster Mushrooms 100

Jelly Fungi 102

Edible Gilled Mushrooms 104

Agaricus Mushrooms 109

Oyster Mushrooms 111

Honey Mushrooms 113

Shaggy Mane 116

Matsutakes 118

Shrimp Russula 120

Milk Caps 121

Blewits and Bluefoot 124

Poisonous Mushrooms 126

Psychedelic and Psychotherapeutic Mushrooms 149

Chapter 4 Medicinal Mushrooms 156

Chapter 5 Bringing Home the Harvest: Mushroom Recipes 168

Appendix I Mushroom Arts & Crafts 180

Appendix II Mushroom Cultivation 186

Appendix III Incredible Edibles 195

Appendix IV Winter Hunting 199

Appendix V Essential Guide to Major Posionous Mushrooms, Symptoms of Poisoning, and Treatment 202

Photo Credits 203

Resources 204

Acknowlegments 205

About the Author 206

Index 207