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All That the Rain Promises and More: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms Paperback – February 1, 1991

by David Arora (Author)

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An illustrated guide to identifying 200 Western mushrooms - whether edible, poisonous, or medicinal - by their key features.

"In leafing through these pages, you may wonder what all the 'fanciful,' 'foolish,' or (shudder) 'extraneous' material is doing in a factual guide. After all, it is the practical, hands-on, how-to-identify information that makes this book useful and gives it substance. But I ask: is it any stranger or less desirable to sprinkle the facts with flakes of fancy than it is to liven up solemn, substantial fare like potatoes with something fancier and more flavorful, like wild mushrooms?" - David Arora

"[All That the Rain Promises and More] is certainly the best guide to fungi, and may in fact be a long lasting masterpiece in guide writing for all subjects." - Roger McKnight, New York Times

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"[All That the Rain Promises and More] is certainly the best guide to fungi, and may in fact be a long lasting masterpiece in guide writing for all subjects." - Roger McKnight, New York Times

About the Author

David Arora is an American naturalist, writer, and a biologist who specializes in the study of fungi. The author of two popular books on the identification of wild fungi—Mushrooms Demystified and All That the Rain Promises and More—Arora has also written about conservation issues relating to recreational and commercial mushroom cultivation.

Paperback: 263 pages
Publisher: Ten Speed Press; F Second Printing Used edition (February 1, 1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0898153883
ISBN-13: 978-0898153880
Product Dimensions: 4 x 0.6 x 7 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 478 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,920 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #4 in Ecology (Books)
- #1 in Mushrooms in Biological Sciences

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Juliebot808

PNW's Best Guide Book for Beginners

December 10, 2015

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This year I suddenly realized how freakin' cool mushrooms are! (Or I'm just getting old.) For the past few months, in addition to scouring EVERYWHERE within a 3 mile radius of my West Seattle home, I've spent countless hours (days) searching Google for identification help, which I'm sure you know causes more harm than good at times.

I ordered this along with the Audobon Field Guide and they both arrived yesterday. Within minutes of opening this book, I identified 3 of the mushrooms sitting on my kitchen counter that I'd just spent half the day trying to figure out online! Pictures are great because they're color-accurate and show the angles I need, it's organized in a way that's meaningful to me as a beginner, and the descriptions gave me long-overdue insight into concepts I've struggled with such as taxonomy, toxicity effects, and how to tell the difference between an edible delight vs. a gut-wrenching nightmare. He even includes ridiculously simple recipes. Most importantly, as a mushroom noob, his non-condescending, light-hearted humor, and intuitive writing style gave me the confidence to feel like I can actually do this.

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Austin

Great pocket guide to hunting for mushrooms

November 11, 2015

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Great pocket guide to hunting for mushrooms, pictures are nice and crisp, details of mushrooms are in depth but at the same time also easy to understand for a novice. Check out my picture for a mushroom next to the description, it was spot on!

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Thomas J. Fitzpatrick

Excellent field guide!

December 21, 2018

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I majored in Biology and have many field guides for a variety of subjects from trees to herps (reptiles and amphibians). This is an excellent field guide which is compact and has flow charts to help a beginner or a professional identify mushrooms.

The only shortcoming of this guide is the absence of "territorial maps" which would help the reader focus on those mushrooms in a particular geographic. Having those would probably raise the price of this excellent guide beyond what many potential buyers would be willing to pay. I, for one, would pay the additional costs for that feature. Hopefully, a future addition will include territorial maps.

I hope this author is rewarded for his efforts to produce a second addition.

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David

Find edible mushrooms without dying.

March 7, 2018

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This is the unofficial official field guide to practical mycology. My wildlife biologist friend says this is the only book she trusts under 100 pages. Still, go read Into The Wild before deciding to eat wild plants or fungi. That dude straight up died from eating the wrong kind of bean.

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Kay B.

Mushrooms love the rain, and so do I

September 29, 2016

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This book is everything I've ever needed for mushrooms. The front page and back page are more useful than google has been in any event for identifying mushrooms, as there are so many. Whether you are a novice or a pro, you should have this book in your collection! It's small enough to fit in a bag or a mushroom basket, hehe! It's entertaining to go through and very informative.

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Fun And Informative

July 1, 2016

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I really have enjoyed reading this book. I'm a casual mushroom observer, and just wanted to know more about the kinds I see on my walks. This book was everything I hoped it would be, and more. I loved learning more about mushrooms in general, and I love the humor and spirit of the book. I think I will buy the author's other book "Mushrooms Demystified" as well, because I enjoy the breadth and depth of his knowledge, as well as his writing style.

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Justin A. Cobb

An excellent, entertaining beginners guide to mushroom collecting

July 22, 2017

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Arora's classic mushroom hunter's guide provides an excellent introduction to the wonderful world of the fungus among us. Truly beginner-friendly, the book includes inside its front and back covers flowcharts to aid in identifying a particular mushroom, using just a few key differentiating features to narrow down the possibilities to specific families or genera. I have found it an excellent companion to the National Audubon Society's authoritative mushroom field guide, as the latter identifies a larger number of species but does require a small learning curve to use. Interspersed throughout the high-quality photographs and detailed but novice-friendly written descriptions of the 200-plus species covered by Arora are anecdotes, recipes, and snippets of humor that make this book an enjoyable and entertaining work to read and use.

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Best Mushrooming book ever

December 8, 2016

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Best Mushrooming book ever! Great photos and anecdotes. Easy to find 'shroom with using flow chart. I lost the first one the third time I was in the woods hunting with it and bought another right away. Now I have a cord attached to the book so I can't lose it again. I would highly recommend this to anyone, beginners and advanced.

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