Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast by Charles Fergus
Handy in-the-field identification guideFeatures the Foolproof FiveIncludes a useful identification flowchartThe northeastern United States is home to an enormous variety of mushrooms--some delicious, some deadly. This handy in-the-field guide offers identification information for some 50 mushrooms that mushroom hunters are most likely to encounter in the wild: Parasol Mushroom, Delicious Lactarius, Sulphur Shelf, Giant Puffball. It also features detailed photographs illustrating the characteristics to look for when identifying mushrooms and natural history information--where they grow, when they appear, and the various forms they take.
Charles Fergus has published 16 books on nature and wildlife, including The Wingless Crow and Thornapples: The Naturalist's Year (collections of nature essays), Wildlife of Pennsylvania and the Northeast, Wildlife of Virginia and Maryland, Trees of Pennsylvania and the Northeast, Trees of New England, Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast, and two books in Stackpole's Wild Guides series: Bears and Turtles. A communications consultant for the Wildlife Management Institute, he helps produce publications, displays, and Best Habitat Management Practices guidebooks, and handles three websites about wildlife that need young forest habitat. Fergus has shared a nature column, Crossings, in Pennsylvania Game News magazine for the past 15 years; before that, he wrote the popular Thornapples column for the same magazine. In addition to his books, he has written about nature and wildlife for publications including Country Journal, Highlights for Children, Audubon, and the New York Times. He lives in East Burke, Vermont. https: //charlesfergus.com/
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| ISBN 13 | 9780811726412 |
| ISBN 10 | 081172641X |
| Title | Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast |
| Author | Charles Fergus |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Stackpole Books |
| Year published | 2003-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 90 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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