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Andrews McMeel Publishing
Language
English
Description
Chef and cooking teacher Becky Selengut's Shroom feeds our enduring passion for foraged and wild foods by exploring 15 types of mushrooms, including detailed how-to's on everything home cooks need to know to create 75 inventive, internationally-flavored mushroom dishes.
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English
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"Living at the border between life and non-life, fungi use diverse cocktails of potent enzymes and acids to disassemble some of the most stubborn substances on the planet, turning rock into soil and wood into compost, allowing plants to grow. Fungi not only help create soil, they send out networks of tubes that enmesh roots and link plants together in the "Wood Wide Web." Fungi also drive many long-standing human fascinations: from yeasts that cause...
Author
Publisher
Southwater
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Contains over 300 color photographs of the most popular mushrooms with at-a-glance information on habitat, season and storage, as well as preparation tips for every mushroom and essential indentification to poisonous and inedible species, for extra security.
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
Description
Learn to grow the most popular species - oyster, shiitake, lion's mane, and maitake - in controlled indoor environments at home. Beginning with the best ways to ensure success with a kit and proceeding through advanced techniques for creating sawdust spawn, working with liquid cultures and fruiting chambers, and much more, Stephen Russell covers everything the home grower needs to know. A trusted reference for market growers, this book is also the...
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"This is the book for anyone who walks in the woods and would like to learn how to identify just the 29 edible mushrooms they're likely to come across. With Frank Hyman's expert advice and easy-to-follow guidelines, readers will be confident in identifying which mushrooms they can safely eat and which ones they should definitely avoid"--
Author
Publisher
Abbeville Press, Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Romanoff introduces readers to twelve of the most easily foraged and delicious mushrooms, including the chanterelle, the morel, and the oyster. She describes the appearance, habits, and lore of each variety, and provides a recipe for each; her recipes include both refined kitchen creations and rustic dishes meant to be prepared over an open fire at the end of a successful hunt. Romanoff also shares personal stories from her eight decades of mushrooming....
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Publisher
FalconGuides
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Whether youre planning a trip or thumbing for facts in the field, Basic Illustrated books tell you what you need to know. Learn how to: forage for and identify wild mushrooms, treat a variety of ailments and illnesses, distinguish between edible and nonedible parts of mushrooms and make delicious dinners, snacks, and other healthy recipes.
15) Mushroom
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Nicholas Money offers a vibrant tour of the world of mushrooms, investigating the science behind these organisms as well as their enduring cultural and imaginative appeal."--Jacket.
17) Mushrooming: an illustrated guide to the fantastic, delicious, deadly, and strange world of fungi
Author
Publisher
The Experiment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A vibrant, illustrated guide to over 100 common and charismatic mushrooms, with storytelling that explores the connection between humans, fungi, and art"--
From Artist's conk to Yellow Swamp Brittlegill, Borsata provides an illustrated guide to over 100 types of mushrooms. In addition to helping readers identify the diversity of fungi flourishing all around us, she provides insights and stories that will spark your curiosity and deepen your appreciation...
Author
Publisher
Quarry Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The Beginner's Guide to Mushrooms is your ultimate guide to mycology. Whether you've never picked a mushroom before in your life or you've been cultivating mushrooms at home for ages, the expert advice in this comprehensive mushroom manual will transform your practice."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher
Skyhorse
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Depicts fifty-two edible mushrooms as well as the mushrooms with which they are often confused, edible or toxic. Uses symbol system, distribution maps and 175 photographs to help with identification. The reader will also become familiar with a wide variety of wild mushrooms, including morels, black trumpets, chanterelles, sheep polypore, porcini, a variety of boletes, and many more.
Publisher
Insight editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook is written by the people who know mushroom cooking best mushroom lovers! These are the kinds of recipes you will actually cook for dinner: tried-and-true, family recipes representing cultures from all over the world.
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