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The complete mushroom hunter : an illustrated guide to foraging, harvesting, and enjoying wild mushroom  Cover Image Book Book

The complete mushroom hunter : an illustrated guide to foraging, harvesting, and enjoying wild mushroom / Gary Lincoff ; features photography of David Work, Dianna Smith, Nancy Ward, and Michael Wood.

Lincoff, Gary. (Author). Work, David (Photographer) (Added Author). Smith, Dianna (Photographer) (Added Author). Ward, Nancy (Photographer) (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 1631593013 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781631593017 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 208 pages : colour illustrations
  • Edition: Revised edition.
  • Publisher: Beverly, Massachusetts : Quarry Books, 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Including new sections on growing your own edibles and off-season collecting."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 32.99
Subject: Mushrooms.
Mushrooms > Identification.
Edible mushrooms > Identification.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Innisfil Public Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lakeshore Branch.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch 579.6163 Lin 2017 31681020050720 NONFICPBK Available -

  • Baker & Taylor
    Presents a history of mushroom hunting worldwide, shows the equipment needed to find them, provides an illustrated guide to help identify common wild edible mushrooms, and includes thirty recipes for dishes incorporating them.
  • Grand Central Pub
    Mushroom guru Gary Lincoff escorts you through the cultural and culinary history of the mushroom, hunting and identifying wild mushrooms, mushroom safety, and on to preparing and serving the fungi.

    Stunning photographs and Lincoff’s fascinating anecdotes from the field will make you an instant mycophile.


    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, Revised will enrich your understanding of the natural world and build an appreciation for an ancient, critically relevant, and useful body of knowledge. With great expertise, Lincoff provides a complete overview of edible mushrooms: 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, 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, with information of psychedelic and psychotherapeutic mushrooms
    • An illustrated guide to medicinal mushrooms
    • Where to find your fare, and how to identify them
    • How to prepare and serve your fungi
    • Thirty delicious recipes

    Five appendices offer even more mushroom knowledge, with information on how to make mushroom artwork, mushroom cultivation, less common edible varieties, and winter hunting; plus find an essential guide to major poisonous mushrooms, symptoms of poisoning, and treatment.

    Whether you’re just starting out with the hobby or an experienced mycophile looking to add to your collection, The Complete Mushroom Hunter, Revised is your ideal guide.
  • Grand Central Pub

    In The Complete Mushroom Hunter, Revised, Gary Lincoff escorts you through the culinary history of the mushroom and on to preparing and serving the fungi.

  • HARPERCOLL

    Mushroom guru Gary Lincoff escorts you through the cultural and culinary history of the mushroom, hunting and identifying wild mushrooms, mushroom safety, and on to preparing and serving the fungi.

    Stunning photographs and Lincoff’s fascinating anecdotes from the field will make you an instant mycophile.


    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, Revised will enrich your understanding of the natural world and build an appreciation for an ancient, critically relevant, and useful body of knowledge. With great expertise, Lincoff provides a complete overview of edible mushrooms: 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, 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, with information of psychedelic and psychotherapeutic mushrooms
    • An illustrated guide to medicinal mushrooms
    • Where to find your fare, and how to identify them
    • How to prepare and serve your fungi
    • Thirty delicious recipes

    Five appendices offer even more mushroom knowledge, with information on how to make mushroom artwork, mushroom cultivation, less common edible varieties, and winter hunting; plus find an essential guide to major poisonous mushrooms, symptoms of poisoning, and treatment.

    Whether you’re just starting out with the hobby or an experienced mycophile looking to add to your collection, The Complete Mushroom Hunter, Revised is your ideal guide.


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