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Can anyone recommend a good book on edible mushroom ID?
Thanks!
Yikes, you're braver than me as there are deadly mushrooms that look 'almost/exactly' like their edible cousins.
And, no I haven't a clue about such, but Abe's books sells lot of used books for way less than new with free shipping - you could try there.
Stick to the common varieties and you should have no troubles. Morel, chanterelle, calf brains, cauliflower, and snow mushroom. Outside of morel and chanterelle look-alikes their should be much problem:
Two highly desirable and popular edible mushrooms also have toxic look-alikes, Cotter said. "Morel mushrooms (Morchella species) can be confused with the toxic false morels (Gyromitra, Helvella and Verpa species) and chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellus species) can be mistaken for jack-o'-lantern mushrooms (Omphalotus olearius)."
But if you're wanting to get into the more exotic/rare finds then yeah, a book for sure.
^^^ThisStick to the common varieties and you should have no troubles. Morel, chanterelle, calf brains, cauliflower, and snow mushroom. Outside of morel and chanterelle look-alikes their shouldn't be much problem:
Two highly desirable and popular edible mushrooms also have toxic look-alikes, Cotter said. "Morel mushrooms (Morchella species) can be confused with the toxic false morels (Gyromitra, Helvella and Verpa species) and chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellus species) can be mistaken for jack-o'-lantern mushrooms (Omphalotus olearius)."
But if you're wanting to get into the more exotic/rare finds then yeah, a book for sure.