Foraging Mushrooms Washington
Finding, Identifying, and Preparing Edible Wild Mushrooms
Published on 1. June 2019
176 pages
978-1-4930-3643-1 (ISBN)
Description
Detailed descriptions of edible mushrooms; tips on finding, preparing, and using mushrooms; a glossary of botanical terms; color photos. Use Foraging Mushrooms Washington as a field guide or as a delightful armchair read. No matter what you're looking for, be it the curative Heal-All or a snack, this guide will enhance your next backpacking trip or easy stroll around the garden, and may just provide some new favorites for your dinner table.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Illustrations
100 Color Photos, 1 Maps
File size
16,79 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-3643-1 (9781493036431)
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Jim Meuninck
Foraging Mushrooms Washington
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08/2019
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Jim Meuninck is a biologist and counselor who, for more than thirty years, has studied the use of wild plants as food and medicine in North America, Europe, Central America, Japan, and China. He lives on the shores of Eagle Lake, in Edwardsburg, Michigan.
Content
- Intro
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- WHERE IN WASHINGTON
- TIPS: FROM THE FIELD TO THE KITCHEN
- HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE
- 1 Polypores
- ARTIST'S CONK
- CHICKEN OF THE WOODS
- TURKEY TAIL
- RESINOUS POLYPORE
- REISHI
- AGARIKON
- CAULIFLOWER FUNGUS
- 2 Chanterelles
- PACIFIC GOLDEN CHANTERELLE
- BLACK TRUMPET
- WINTER CHANTERELLE
- WHITE CHANTERELLE
- PIG'S EAR
- WHOLLY CHANTERELLE
- 3 Tooth Fungi
- CONIFER BEAR'S HEAD
- LION'S MANE TOOTH FUNGI
- HEDGEHOG
- BELLY BUTTON HEDGEHOG
- FLOCCOSUS
- 4 Boletes
- KING BOLETE
- RED CRACKED BOLETE
- ADMIRABLE BOLETE
- ASPEN BOLETE
- WESTERN PAINTED SUILLUS
- SUILLUS PONDEROSUS
- 5 Puffballs
- WESTERN GIANT PUFFBALL
- GIANT PUFFBALL
- GEM PUFFBALL
- PEAR-SHAPED PUFFBALL
- 6 Morels and Inedible False Morels
- Black morel
- Yellow morel
- Gray morel
- Half free cap morel
- FALSE MORELS
- 7 Jelly Fungi
- WOOD EARS
- ALPINE JELLY CONE (GUMDROPS)
- FAN-SHAPED JELLY FUNGUS
- 8 Coral Fungi
- SPRING CORAL
- CROWN CORAL
- 9 LOBSTER MUSHROOMS
- LOBSTER MUSHROOM
- 10 Gilled Mushrooms
- SHAGGY MANE
- OYSTER MUSHROOMS
- MICA CAP
- HONEY MUSHROOMS
- RUSSULALES
- LACTARIUS
- CANDY CAP
- SAFFRON MILKCAP
- TRICHOLOMATACEAE
- FRIED CHICKEN MUSHROOM
- MATSUTAKE
- WOOD BLEWIT
- FAIRY RING MUSHROOM
- MORE AGARICACEAE
- PRINCE
- MEADOW MUSHROOM
- 11 Inedible, Toxic, and Hallucinogenic Mushrooms
- AMANITAS
- CLITOCYBES
- PHOLIOTAS
- CORTINARIUS
- 12 From the Market
- TRUFFLES
- CHAGA
- MAITAKE
- PORTOBELLO
- ENOKITAKE
- SHIITAKE
- APPENDICES
- A: Mushroom Recipes
- B: Grow Your Own
- C: Other Resources
- D: Recommended Books
- E. Washington Mushroom Societies
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
