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A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America (Peterson Field Guide)
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Item Description...
More than 1,000 species of mushrooms described in detail. Over 700 paintings and drawings reveal subtle field marks that cannot be captured into photographs. |
Item Specifications...
Pages 448
Dimensions: Length: 1.25" Width: 4.75" Height: 7.5"
Weight: 1.05 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Feb 1, 1998
Publisher Houghton Mifflin
ISBN 0395910900
EAN 9780395910900
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Availability 8 units.
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 | A bit too old school Jan 20, 2010 |
While the descriptions in this book are helpful, the illustrations are inherently imprecise because they are non-photographic. The size of the book is good for taking into the field, but I'm put off by the old-school descriptions of mushrooms that have psychedelic/entheogenic properties. These important fungal allies are dismissed as "hallucinogenic" used by certain people for recreational purposes. Therefore they are labelled poisonous.
Overall, I found that I felt I couldn't trust the book to provide the kind of precision and accuracy that I need to be confident about my identifications. I would say use it as a secondary guide, or for an initial assessment of your fungal findings, but rely on more modern sources that also provide photographs. | | |  | mushrooms fieldguide Jan 7, 2010 |
| i used this book so far only in the fall. it was really good and helped me identify several different types. most were poisonous. this can be expected in the area and season i searched. i look forward to searching more in the spring. a great fieldguide with color illustrations. | | |  | Gaining mushroom knowledge Oct 28, 2009 |
| This Field Guide to Mushrooms is somewhat easy to understand, but requires the user to have basic knowledge of some characteristics of mushrooms. There could be mistakes in ID made. As with any mushroom guide, the user must pay strict attention, and be very careful. The print is very easy to read, and the pictures are extensive. I feel this would be a good book for the hunter who has some basic experience in the field. | | | | close but no cigar Oct 21, 2009 |
this is my 4th purchase of Fungi books and everyone of them have left much to be desired...this one is probably no.2 on the list as far as palatable though. 1. realize if you are trying to figure out wht fungi live in YOUR backyard/area yer already gonna be on a rather long frustrating journey unless you live in a select area.. (i.e. where the Author lives...).
as far as outline/overlay its decent but as always these books rarely cover enough fungi nor do ther pics tend to reflect actual fungi (at least here in southeast texas..) but then again i live in fungi hell (aka more fungi than you could truly imagine..). Im still in search of a more definitive text that you can feel relatively sure that "if" you follow the guidelines/pics/desriptions laid down you can eat without reading over your current life insurance/last will n testament...
Doc | | |  | If you are beginning, start with this one. Oct 21, 2007 |
| We own several different guides. Each has it's own strength. I recommend this as the first guide for those beginning to identify MR/Fungi. It covers most of the basic MR/Fungi family, but is not encylopedic as Arora's 'Mushrooms Demystified' attempts to be, nor does it have the number of color photographs that either the Falcon Guide 'North American Mushrooms' or Audubon's Field Guide. But it's one of the easiest to use beginning with 48 (mostly color) plates, then branching off into related species. | | | Write your own review about A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America (Peterson Field Guide)
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