Go Forth and Forage (eBook)

A Guide to Foraging Over 50 of the Most Common Edible & Medicinal North American Mushrooms

Whitney Johnson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
192 Seiten
Cool Springs Press (Verlag)
978-0-7603-9276-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Let expert forager and Appalachian native Whitney Johnson (@appalachian_forager) be your friendly guide to foraging over 50 North American species of edible and medicinal fungi.Go Forth and Forage is a detailed field guide to identifying, harvesting, and preparing wild-foraged mushrooms through all four seasons. From spring treasures such as morels and woodears, to summer finds like black trumpets, chicken of the woods, and boletes, straight through to fall and winter harvests of lion's mane, oyster, and enoki, each species profile includes color photos,identification advice to confirm edibility, and tips on how to harvest responsibly. You'll also find culinary preparation advice and recipes to feast on your finds successfully and deliciously.In her signature warm and folksy tone, Johnson also offers insight on:How to find wild mushrooms (hint: identifying trees is involved)Understanding mushroom anatomy and how it informs your harvestThe best gear for mushroom foraging, from knives and bags to clothes and bootsUsing spore prints to help confirm proper identificationWords of wisdom on what to do before you take a biteBeing a responsible and ethical foragerCommon mushroom mythsFinding and using mushrooms in medicinal forms, such as tinctures and teasHumans have foraged for wild mushrooms for untold generations. Now, with help fromGo Forth and Forage, you'll be on your way to mastering this age-old skill and enjoying all the delicacies the craft of mushroom foraging has to offer.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.3.2025
• Zusatzinfo: color photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mykologie
• Schlagworte: Activity • anatomy • Appalachia • appalachian_forager • BAG • beefsteak polypore • Bioactive • Botany • Bushcraft • camping enthusiast • carolinas • chanterelle • chanterells • Chicken of the woods • Christmas • Class • Collecting • cooking with • Culinary • demystified • Earth Day • edible • edible fungi • Ethical • Field guide • Food • foraged finds • fungus • Gardening • gather • gear • Gift • Gourmet • Green Living • Handbook • Hanukkah • Harvest • Hen of the Woods • Hiker • Hiking • Holiday • homesteading • hot girl hobby • how to forage • Hunting • ID • Idea • identification guide • Identify • Illustrated • images • Kentucky • knife • lifestyle • lions mane • live off the land • Master • Medicinal • mid-atlantic • morels • mushroom foraging book • Mycology • mycophile • Myths • Naturalist • Nature • North America • Northeast • Northwest • on trees • outdoors person • Oyster • Photographs • Photos • Pictures • Preparation • present • Profiles • puffball • Recipes • Reference • Reishi • responsible • SAFE • safe foraging • Salve • Scout • seasonal • Secret Santa • self sufficiency • Southeast • southern • spore prints • Spring • stocking stuffer • summer camp activity • Survival • the appalachian forager • tincture • Tools • toxic mushrooms • Trail • Trumpet • turkey tail mushroom • uses • VIBES • Walk • Western • Wild • wild collected • winecap • woodear • woodland
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-9276-5 / 0760392765
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-9276-8 / 9780760392768