Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America: A Field-to-kitchen Guide

摘要: Some new mushroomers will find this single volume all the library they need to harvest and enjoy wild mushrooms for table. --Mushroom Journal The publication is of excellent quality print, well edited, authoritative, provides an introduction edible poisonous mushrooms. --Mycologia Unusual shapes colors make many alluring eye, while exotic flavors textures are a gourmet delicacy palate. Yet people never venture beyond supermarket offerings, fearing that other poisonous. With amateur mushroom hunters especially in mind, David Fischer Alan Bessette have prepared Edible Wild Mushrooms North America. This field guide presents more than 100 species most delicious mushrooms, along with detailed information on how find, gather, store, prepare them More 70 savory recipes, ranging from soups salads casseroles, canapes, quiches, even dessert, included. Throughout, authors constantly emphasize correct identification safe eating. Each described detailed, nontechnical language, accompanied by list key identifying characteristics reliably rule out but target species. Superb color photographs also aid identification. Poisonous lookalikes illustrated, assess risks allergic or idiosyncratic reactions possibilities chemical bacterial contamination.