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Unit price perhis Is a Book for People Who Love Mushrooms - By Meg Madden
A celebratory compendium of nature's weirdest and most wonderful fungi, with gorgeously illustrated profiles of notable mushrooms and information on foraging, understanding, and appreciating these magnificent living things
For amateur mycologists and experienced foragers alike, this delightful guide acts as a welcome to the wonderful world of mushrooms. From the most common and recognizable varieties frequently found in your supermarket aisle or backyard to the rarest, most fantastical offerings that look straight out of a fairytale illustration and everything in between, This Is a Book for People Who Love Mushrooms is a carefully researched, whimsically illustrated primer on a subject that naturalists are discovering more about each year. Accessible to enthusiasts of all levels, it is the perfect gift for the mushroom lover in your life.
ISBN-139780762481361
Pub Date 3/7/2023
Publisher Running Press
Page Count 128 pages
About the Author
Meg Madden is an artist, photographer, naturalist, hiker, and mushroom lover from Vermont. She shares her striking photos of mushrooms, lichen, and other nature captures to a following of 30,000 on Instagram at @megmaddendesign.
$26.99 USD
Unit price perThe Essential Guide to Cultivating Mushrooms - Simple and Advanced Techniques for Growing Shiitake, Oyster, Lion's Mane, and Maitake Mushrooms at Home By Stephen Russell
From the basics of using mushroom kits to working with grain spawn, liquid cultures, and fruiting chambers, Stephen Russell covers everything you need to know to produce mouthwatering shiitakes, oysters, lion’s manes, maitakes, and portobellos. Whether you’re interested in growing them for your own kitchen or to sell at a local market, you’ll soon be harvesting a delicious and abundant crop of mushrooms.
ISBN-13 9781612121468
Publisher Storey
Page Count 232 pages
$24.99 USD
Unit price perNathalie Lété: Mushrooms 1,000-Piece Puzzle
Welcome to Nathalie Lété’s Enchanted WorldA morel, a pair of butter-yellow chanterelles, a beautiful speckled red agaricus—in this budding grove of magic mushrooms, retrace the magic of Nathalie Lete’s imagination, and revel in her breathtaking colors and imagery.
- Featuring:1,000 full-color interlocking pieces
- Art print with puzzle image
- Finished puzzle is 19" x 23 4/5"
Publisher PublisherArtisan
ISBN-13 9781648290879
$10.95 USD
Unit price perMushrooms: A Wooden Magnet Set by Meg Madden
Bring the wonder and curiosity of mushrooms to your home or office with this keepsake set of illustrated wooden magnets, fold-out poster, sticker sheets, and mini guidebook.
- Deluxe wooden magnets: This set includes 8 full-color, illustrated wooden magnets, each featuring a unique variety of mushrooms.
- Fold-out poster: Show off your love for fabulous fungi with this 6 3/8 X 7 1/4 inch illustrated fold-out poster.
- Book included: Learn the ins and outs of the 8 featured mushroom varieties, plus foraging basics, in the enclosed 48-page, fully-illustrated paperback book.
- Bonus sticker sheets: Two sheets of full-color stickers add myco-tastic flair to anything you place them on.
- A unique gift for mushroom or nature lovers: Mushroom and nature lovers of all ages and abilities will love this unique gift set.
Page Count 32 pages
Publisher RP Minis
ISBN-13 9780762481378
$29.99 USD
Unit price perMushrooms of the Southeast: Timber Press Field Guide
By Todd F. Elliott
By Steven L. Stephenson
Ideal for hikers, foragers, and naturalists, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live.
Mushrooms of the Southeast is a comprehensive field guide to the most conspicuous, distinctive, and ecologically important mushrooms found in the region. This useful guide features introductory chapters on the basics of mushroom structure, life cycles, and habitats. Profiles include color photographs, keys, and diagrams to aid in identification, and tips on how to recognize and avoid poisonous mushrooms.
- Covers Alabama, Arkansas, northern Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia
- Describes and illustrates more than 350 species
- 348 photographs, with additional keys and diagrams
- Clear, color-coded layout
Page Count 408 pages
Publisher Timber Press
ISBN-13 9781604697308
$29.99 USD
Unit price perMushrooms of the Rocky Mountain Region: Timber Press Field Guide
By Vera Stucky Evenson
By Denver Botanic Gardens
Ideal for hikers, foragers, and naturalists, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live.
Mushrooms of the Rocky Mountain Region is a comprehensive field guide to the most conspicuous, distinctive, and ecologically important mushrooms found in the region. This useful guide features introductory chapters on the basics of mushroom structure, life cycles, and habitats. Profiles include color photographs, keys, and diagrams to aid in identification, and tips on how to recognize and avoid poisonous mushrooms.
- Covers Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, as well as adjacent areas in Montana and Idaho
- Describes and illustrates 220 species
- More than 500 photographs, with additional keys and diagrams
- Clear color-coded layout
Page Count 298 pages
Publisher Timber Press
ISBN-13 9781604695762
$29.99 USD
Unit price perIdeal for hikers, foragers, and naturalists, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live.
Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada is a comprehensive field guide to the most conspicuous, distinctive, and ecologically important mushrooms found in the region. This useful guide features introductory chapters on the basics of mushroom structure, life cycles, and habitats. Profiles include color photographs, keys, and diagrams to aid in identification, and tips on how to recognize and avoid poisonous mushrooms.
- Covers Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Ontario, and most of Quebec
- Describes and illustrates more than 500 species
- 550 photographs, with additional keys and diagrams
- Clear, color-coded layout
Page Count 600 pages
Publisher Timber Press
ISBN-13 9781604696349
$20.00 USD
Unit price perCelebrate the beauty of mushrooms with this fully-illustrated 500-piece puzzle and booklet set, featuring colorful illustrations of several North American varieties.
- Specifications: A 500-piece puzzle, printed in full color on high-quality stock.
- Puzzle dimensions: This puzzle measures approximately 20 x 16 inches when finished.
- Fully illustrated package: This puzzle, deluxe box, and booklet feature original illustrations of notable mushrooms.
- Book included: Learn the characteristics of a selection of particularly common or interesting mushroom varieties, as well as tips for finding them, in the enclosed 32-page paperback book (5 x 6 inches), featuring full-color artwork throughout.
- Perfect gift: A unique gift for mushroom and nature lovers of all ages.
Page Count 32 pages
Publisher RP Studio
ISBN-13 9780762481392
$24.99 USD
Unit price perMountain States Foraging: 115 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Alpine Sorrel to Wild Hops by Briana Wiles
“A stunning look at the natural abundance of the mountain states—with clear guidance on identification, gathering techniques, and uses.” —Jennifer McGruther, author of The Nourished KitchenThe Mountain States offer a veritable feast for foragers, and with Briana Wiles as your trusted guide you will learn how to safely find and identify an abundance of delicious wild plants. The plant profiles in Mountain States Foraging include clear, color photographs, identification tips, guidance on how to ethically harvest, and suggestions for eating and preserving. A handy seasonal planner details which plants are available during every season. Thorough, comprehensive, and safe, this is a must-have for foragers in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and northern Nevada.
Page Count 338 pages
Publisher Timber Press
ISBN-13 9781604696783
$24.99 USD
Unit price perMidwest Foraging 115 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Burdock to Wild Peach by Lisa M. Rose
“This full color guide makes foraging accessible for beginners and is a reliable source for advanced foragers.” —Edible ChicagoThe Midwest offers a veritable feast for foragers, and with Lisa Rose as your trusted guide you will learn how to safely find and identify an abundance of delicious wild plants. The plant profiles in Midwest Foraging include clear, color photographs, identification tips, guidance on how to ethically harvest, and suggestions for eating and preserving. A handy seasonal planner details which plants are available during every season. Thorough, comprehensive, and safe, this is a must-have for foragers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and North Dakota.
Page Count 318 pages
Publisher Timber Press
ISBN-13 9781604695311
$19.95 USD
Unit price perHow to Grow Mushrooms from Scratch: A Practical Guide to Cultivating Portobellos, Shiitakes, Truffles, and Other Edible Mushrooms by Magdalena Wurth (Author), Herbert Wurth (Author)
Yes, you can grow mushrooms from scratch!
Why grow mushrooms?
Mushrooms are a joy to grow―for food, as a garden feature, or just for fun―and it’s easier than you think! How to Grow Mushrooms from Scratch covers 19 varieties, from button (always versatile) to reishi (a medicinal powerhouse). Plus, here are delicious recipes, preserving methods, and more.
Where can you grow mushrooms?
Mushrooms will thrive in your garden, on your windowsill, and even in your basement. The key is to pick the right growing medium for your mushroom―a log, a bale of hay, or a simple pot of dirt―and give it a little shade.
How to grow mushrooms!
Experts Magdalena and Herbert Wurth explain every step of cultivation―whether starting from a kit, a culture, or a grown mushroom you’d like to propagate. From protecting mushrooms in extreme weather, to troubleshooting pests, here is expert advice for beginners and experienced growers alike! 190 color photographs
ISBN 10: 1615194916
ISBN 13: 9781615194919
Publisher: The Experiment, 2018
Hardcover 144 pages
$16.99 USD
Unit price perHow to Forage for Wild Foods without Dying Journal: Track the Mushrooms and Wild Edible Plants You Find, Season by Season, Year after Year by Ellen Zachos
This seasonal journal for tracking the locations and dates of foraged foods Includes essential foraging guidelines and an extensive table of edible plants and mushrooms for each season.How to Forage for Wild Food without Dying: The Journal is an easy way for foragers to keep track of their foraging finds, where they found them, and at what time of year. By tracking what they collect, foragers can become more adept at locating their favorite wild foods in future years. They also become more educated about how weather patterns affect the availability of wild-harvested plants and mushrooms.
Throughout the book, author and expert forager Ellen Zachos offers essential advice for safe foraging and extensive lists of wild edibles and mushrooms for each season. These act as seasonal prompts, so that readers know what foods to be looking for at each time of the year, and as a way for readers to plan their future foraging adventures. The journal is the same trim size as How to Forage for Wild Foods without Dying and How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying and features rounded corners for durability, an easy-to-clean cover, elastic closure, and lay-flat binding.
Page Count 192 pages
Publisher Storey
ISBN-13 9781635867862
$30.00 USD
Unit price perIACP Cookbook Award Winner
Named a Best Cookbook of 2022 by Bon Appetit
Cooking with Mushrooms A Fungi Lover's Guide to the World's Most Versatile, Flavorful, Health-Boosting Ingredients - by Andrea Gentl
In her extraordinary first cookbook, Andrea Gentl brings to her subject equal parts knowledge and technique, along with a unique passion and sensibility. From sprinkling adaptogenic powder over granola to reinventing schnitzel with king trumpets, Cooking with Mushrooms expands our ideas of how to use mushrooms as both a food and a flavor, a seasoning and the star of the plate.
Here are a variety of mushroom broths to make you feel better. Breakfast recipes like Soupy Eggs with Chanterelles. Mushroom Larb or a Crispy Shiitake “Bacon” Endive Wedge Salad makes the perfect lunch. Mushroom Ragu or a Roast Chicken with Miso Mushroom Butter can change the dinner game, and a Maple Mushroom Ice Cream will transform your ideas about dessert.
The dishes might sound familiar—lasagna, risotto, a bourguignon, brownies—but the ingredients and flavors are as unexpected as they are delicious. In all, Cooking with Mushrooms features nearly 100 recipes that unlock the powerful flavors and health-giving properties of the world’s most magical ingredient.
ISBN-13 9781648291500
Publisher Artisan
Page Count 164 pages
$24.99 USD
Unit price perA fresh, modern take on paint-by-number features 20 frame-worthy mushroom images, accompanied by step-by-step instructions and humorous profiles of each mushroom.
This book is an open invitation to create art. Inside you’ll find tips and techniques for painting 20 mushrooms printed on premium cardstock along with a swatch palette for color matching. The 8" x 10" sheets have two background options–light or dark–and are designed to fit store bought, ready-made frames.
Page Count 112 pages
Publisher Storey
ISBN-13 9781635868753
$24.95 USD
Unit price perChristopher Hobbs's Medicinal Mushrooms: The Essential Guide: Boost Immunity, Improve Memory, Fight Cancer, Stop Infection, and Expand Your Consciousness
Winner of the 2021 American Botanical Council James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award
Mushrooms have been used as medicine for thousands of years and their value in boosting immunity, improving memory, and even fighting cancer is being recognized and documented in scientific research. Christopher Hobbs, a mycologist and herbalist at the forefront of contemporary research, profiles the most powerful medicinal mushrooms and explains the nutritional and medicinal compounds in each one. Detailed instructions cover how to select, store, and prepare each variety for use. Whether readers are growing or foraging their own mushrooms, or sourcing them from a local provider, this essential handbook will guide them in making health-boosting medicine.
$70.00 USD
Unit price perWinner of the CBHL Award of Excellence
California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide - by Desjardin, Dennis E.; Wood, Michael G.; Stevens, Frederick A.
California is one of the most ecologically rich and diverse regions of North America, and home to hundreds of species of mushrooms. In California Mushrooms, mycologist experts Dennis Desjardin, Michael Wood, and Fred Stevens provide over 1100 species profiles, including comprehensive descriptions and spectacular photographs. Each profile includes information on macro- and micromorphology, habitat, edibility, and comparisons with closely related species and potential look-alikes. Although the focus of the book is on mushrooms of California, over 90% of the species treated occur elsewhere, making the book useful throughout western North America. This complete reference covers everything necessary for the mushroom hunter to accurately identify over 650 species.
- ISBN13: 9781604693539
- ISBN10: 1604693533
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 2015-08-12
- Publisher: Timber Press
Author Biography
Dennis E. Desjardin teaches biology at San Francisco State University. He received a master’s degree from San Francisco State University and a PhD from the University of Tennessee. Desjardin is a fellow of the Mycological Society of America, and a winner of the Alexopoulos Prize for outstanding research, the William H. Weston Award for teaching excellence, and a fellowship with the California Academy of Sciences. He has published over 140 scientific papers on the taxonomy and evolution of mushroom-forming fungi.
Michael G. Wood, a California native, is a computer consultant by profession and a mycologist and photographer by obsession. He is a past president of the Mycological Society of San Francisco (MSSF) and chair of its systematics committee; the publisher and webmaster for MykoWeb (mykoweb.com); and the former webmaster for the MSSF and the North American Mycological Association (NAMA) websites. Wood has been an avid mushroom collector, photographer, and taxonomist for over 30 years. His mushroom photographs have been published in many scientific journals, books, magazines, newspapers, and websites. He has led numerous workshops and countless forays for the MSSF and others, and is currently collaborating on a second book, Mushrooms of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Frederick A. Stevens has a doctorate in botany from UCLA. He has photographed and studied the macrofungi of the San Francisco Bay Area for more than two decades, with a special interest in gasteromycetes and the genus Agaricus. Stevens is the coauthor, with Michael G. Wood, of The Fungi of California (californiafungi.com), and a past president of the Mycological Society of San Francisco. He has led numerous mushroom walks and consults with physicians and veterinarians on mushroom poisonings.