Mushrooming without Fear

Alexander Schwab (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2022 | New edition
Merlin Unwin Books (Verlag)
978-1-913159-50-4 (ISBN)

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People love mushrooms. They want to pick them and eat them. but when they get home and try to check them, the fears crowd in. The reference books are vague. Too many dangerous look-alikes. Is the colour in that photograph exaggerated? A field mushroom suddenly seems worryingly like a Destroying Angel....the mushrooms are all discarded.

Here is a mushrooming guide with a totally new, positive approach. Forget all the other 500 species. You only need to know these 24. And you need to know them fully, without a shadow of a doubt.

Alex Schwab's mushrooming rules are few but they are fixed rules. His key identification points leave no room for uncertainty. And he promises you these mushrooms will all taste delicious.

Mushrooming without fear for the first time.

Alexander Schwab grew up in Switzerland and was awarded a Masters Degree in philosophy and history at Aberdeen University. His main interests are all aspects of fishing, hunting and mushrooming. He now lives in New Zealand and when not mushrooming, fishing or hunting, he is thinking or writing about them.

How to use this guide 8

The mushrooming without fear method 9

What does ‘edible’ mean?

Learn to leave a mushroom

Look-alike poisonous species

The tools of the trade

Worm-infested mushrooms

Cutting or pulling?

Raw mushrooms

What is a mushroom? 12

Tubes, spines, ridges and gills 15

Tubes 16

Spines 17

Ridges 18

Gills. 20

Comparing ridges and gills 24

Mushrooming without Fear

Mushrooms with tubes 29

Cep or Penny Bun Bolete 30

Red Cracked Bolete 34

Dotted Stemmed Bolete 38

Larch Bolete 44

Slippery Jack 48

Bay Bolete 52

Birch Bolete 58

Mushrooms with ridges 63

Chanterelle 64

Trumpet Chanterelle 68

Mushrooms with spines 73

Hedgehog Fungus 74

Mavericks 79

Morel 80

Common Puffball 88

Hen of the Woods 92

Horn of Plenty 96

Cauliflower Mushroom 100

For those who want to know

more about mushrooms with gills

Mushrooms with gills 109

Field Mushroom 110

Wood Blewit 116

Shaggy Ink Cap 120

Parasol 124

Shaggy Parasol 130

Oyster Mushroom 134

St George’s Mushroom 138

Charcoal Burner 142

Amethyst Deceiver 148

Background

Trees and mushrooms 152

The mushrooming season 154

Handling, storage and cooking 154

Fascinating folklore 157

Index 159

Erscheinungsdatum	25.08.2022
Zusatzinfo	4 Illustrations, color; 183 Halftones, color
Verlagsort	Shropshire
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Gewicht	703 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mykologie
ISBN-10	1-913159-50-7 / 1913159507
ISBN-13	978-1-913159-50-4 / 9781913159504
Zustand	Neuware