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Learn to COOK - Mushrooms of Northeastern North America
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List Price: $49.95
Our Price: $37.96
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Manufacturer: Syracuse University Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 589.222097485
EAN: 9780815603887
ISBN: 0815603886
Label: Syracuse University Press
Manufacturer: Syracuse University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 784
Publication Date: 1997-06
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Studio: Syracuse University Press
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This encyclopaedic volume, including 1500 species and 650 illustrations, shows the diversity of mycoflora throughout all of northeastern North America. It provides a reference for mushroom identification in the region, and has full descriptions and easy-to-follow keys.
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Summary: Another Great ID Book
Comment: We have found this to be a great addition to our mushroom identification library, especially since it concentrates on fungi in our area -- no thumbing through pages of west coast mushrooms! Pictures are excellent, as well as the descriptions and identifying characteristics. And it isn't too heavy to lug around! I would highly recommend it.
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Summary: A Fungus-Viewer's Pal
Comment: This is a gorgeous book with BIG pictures which help in precisely identifying a found fungus. With the current wet, hot summer we've been having, mushrooms have been popping up overnight for weeks, and this book has been instrumental in letting us zero in on what we are seeing. Highly recommend.
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Summary: Comprehensive regional reference, fabulous index
Comment: This is THE book on Northeastern Fungi. You probably don't want this for your first book on mycology, but if you have been studying mushrooms for a year or two and are looking for something a little meatier, this is a great choice.
The keys are comprehensive, and the index has the nice feature of listing mushrooms by their species epithet (the second half of the Latin name). This is particularly handy for finding fungi which have been moved from one genus to another.
Bessette includes plenty of microscopic details, though the keys do not generally require the use of a microscope or special chemicals.
The illustrations are really well done, with quite some attention paid to presenting diagnostic details in the photos. The illustrations and descriptive text are widely separated. I find this rather awkward, but this is only a bothersome quirk in an otherwise indispensible guide.
I do take this book into the field, but it is my primary reference for non-polypores in the lab.
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Summary: Encyclopaedic!
Comment: This book is really impressive in its coverage. The description are quite complete (although somewhat lacking a section on the details differentiating one mushroom to its similar cousins) and the text is generally well organised. The reason why I gave only four stars to this book is simple: pictures and textual descriptions are separated in different sections! I guess I am still dreaming about a complete guide showing important identification details with pictures and text.
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Summary: fairly comprehensive but hard to use. small pictures
Comment: this book has a wealth of information but it is organized poorly. the mushrooms are listed alphabetically with the pictures (which are ridiculously tiny) clumped incoveiniently at the end of each section. the annoying organization will have you flipping back and forth. don't expect alot of extra information on edibility or background info. get mushrooms demystified by dave aurora first or instead of.
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