- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: New Holland Publishers Ltd (15 Sep 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1845374193
- ISBN-13: 978-1845374198
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 17.2 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 360,746 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The fields, woods and gardens of Britain and Europe are home to a wide range of edible mushrooms, a number of which are not simply good but truly excellent to eat. This book is a practical, user-friendly guide to collecting edible wild fungi species across Britain and Europe. Covering all of the necessary identification features of over 70 edible mushroom and truffle species, along with over 50 poisonous species to avoid, the entries provide detailed information on size, appearance, occurrence and habitat, backed up with specially-commissioned colour photography, shot in situ and in natural light. With tips on when and where to hunt for wild mushrooms, invaluable advice on preserving, storing and cooking them, advice on environmentally-friendly collecting, this book provides all the information a mushroom forager could need in one place.
About the Author
Peter Jordan has had a life-long interest in mushrooms, and the countryside. For 10 years, he and his wife Valerie ran the the Lord Nelson in Burnham Market, which was known throughout the UK for its exotic wild mushroom dishes. Peter has appeared on television with chefs Gary Rhodes, Brian Turner and Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, and he can be heard regularly on Radio Norfolk. Author of the much reprinted The Ultimate Mushroom Book (Lorenz) - now available as Peter Jordan's Wild Mushroom Bible, the video The Collectors' Guide to Wild Mushrooms and Peter Jordan's Mushroom Foray Guide, Peter now devotes his time to running The Tasty Mushroom Partnership in Norfolk.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I found this book superb. I reviewed it for my site wildmushroomsonline .co .uk and as someone who owns lots of books on wild mushrooms, this one rates as one of the best. I agree it does not hold everything but it does hold most of the more commonly found fungi and very well laid out
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Good easy to follow guide, just what we wanted and we managed to pick some lovely field mushrooms because we had it. Mmmmmmm!!
5 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I got this book when I started getting interested in mushrooms. My first reaction was a total disappointment - I expected to be able to recognize at least half of the mushrooms in the forest, but barely managed to recognize 1 in 20.
After spending more time in the forest I realise that in a book this size it's impossible to have enough species. I got a book specific for Ireland, where I'm from, and even with this book it's difficult to recognize many species.
This book is a nice intro to the subject, but will not make you an expert.
In my original review I gave it one star. I think it deserves 2.5
After spending more time in the forest I realise that in a book this size it's impossible to have enough species. I got a book specific for Ireland, where I'm from, and even with this book it's difficult to recognize many species.
This book is a nice intro to the subject, but will not make you an expert.
In my original review I gave it one star. I think it deserves 2.5
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