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Mushroom Picker's Foolproof Field Guide: The Expert Guide to Identifying, Picking and Using Wild Mushrooms [Paperback]

Peter Jordan (Author)

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Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Southwater; illustrated edition edition (30 Jan 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1842158171
ISBN-13: 978-1842158173
Product Dimensions: 29.4 x 22.4 x 1.4 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 435,532 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #45 in Books > Science & Nature > Biological Sciences > Botany & Plant Sciences > Mushrooms & Fungi

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Discover the delicacies that hide in your garden, local woodlands or fields with this fully-illustrated A-Z guide. Learn the identifying features and habits of the most popular edible mushrooms, and try the suggestions for storing and cooking your bounty. Also included is a section on inedible mushrooms, clearly illustrating the poisonous species that you are most likely to come across. Quick and easy-to-use, this volume provides all the essential information you need for safe mushroom-picking.

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Peter Jordan has had a lifelong interest in mushrooms. He runs a world-renowned public house in rural Norfolk, England, where he has devoted his time to collecting mushrooms and cooking them for his customers to enjoy. Peter has produced a video, The Collector's Guide to Wild Mushrooms, and he spends time writing for television and running The Tasty Mushroom Partnership.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Knowing what to look for..., 23 Sep 2004

Norman Yap "londonnorman" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mushroom Picker's Foolproof Field Guide: The Expert Guide to Identifying, Picking and Using Wild Mushrooms (Paperback)

In books about picking mushrooms, there are 2 approaches:

- show the good and the bad and have copious notes to explain the two
- show only the good and advise the picker to ignore or discard anything that doesn't appear in the book.

Jordan follows the latter and safe as it is, there is always something that makes you want to know about the Dark Side of mycology, just in case you should wander into its temple one day...

Easy recipes, sound advice, safe approach.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A very helpful book, 4 Sep 2008

Ms. Monika Masarova "Mosica" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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this is a very helpful book for especially beginners, with big colourfull pictures of the most common fungi-edible and poisonous aroud us. very easy to use, clear, lots of hints and also recipes. great.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great help to identification., 4 Oct 2007

Ms. F. Cockwill "magicsparks" (Surrey UK) - See all my reviews
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What a pleasure to use and so helpfull, information is key with mushrooms, if your not sure, dont touch it!
I find best to look out for a selection of specific and easily recognised and confirmed species, such as sulphur polypore, giant puffball, cep (penny bun) also Tree ears can be in abundance but dont fry them!! they jump about!
use them for sauces.
Happy Hunting!

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5.0 out of 5 stars An essential for the forager
Very good pictures, descriptions and all you need to eat the good 'uns & avoid the bad 'uns. Damned good buy.

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