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The Complete Mushroom Hunter: An Illustrated Guide to Finding, Harvesting, and Enjoying Wild Mushrooms Flexibound – August 1, 2010

by Gary Lincoff (Author)
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Do you know your mushrooms? This is the only mushrooming book that will introduce you safely and with confidence to the not-so “underground” hobby of mushroom hunting and gathering.
 
Gathering edible wild food is a wonderful way to forge a connection to the earth. Mushrooms are the ultimate local food source; they grow literally everywhere, from mountains and woodlands to urban and suburban parks to your own backyard. The Complete Mushroom Hunter will enrich your understanding of the natural world and build an appreciation for an ancient, critically relevant, and useful body of knowledge. Amateur mycologists and mushroom enthusiasts will find this is a guidebook for their passion.
 
Mushroom guru Gary Lincoff escorts you from the mushroom’s earliest culinary awakening, through getting equipped for mushroom forays, to preparing and serving the fruits of the foray, wherever you live.
 
Inside you’ll find:
-A brief, but colorful history of mushroom hunting worldwide
-How to get equipped for a mushroom foray
-A completely illustrated guide to the common wild edible mushrooms and their poisonous look-alikes: where to find them, how to identify them, and more
-How to prepare and serve the fruits of your foray, plus more than 30 delicious recipes
-Plus, dozens of colorful, priceless anecdotes from living the mushroom lifestyle
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    192 pages
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    English
  3. Publisher
    Quarry Books
  4. Publication date
    August 1, 2010
  5. Dimensions
    8.13 x 0.63 x 10 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1592536158
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1592536153
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Gary Lincoff taught courses on mushroom and plant identification and use at the New York Botanical Garden and led wild mushroom and edible wild plant study trips and forays to 30 countries. Lincoff chaired the Telluride Mushroom Festival for 25 years (1980–2004), and continued to participate for many years as its principal speaker. He was the president of the North American Mycological Association from 1980 to 1986. His books include the The Complete Mushroom Hunter and National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. He lived in New York City.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Quarry Books; 1st edition (August 1, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Flexibound ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1592536158
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1592536153
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.55 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.13 x 0.63 x 10 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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4.5 out of 5 stars
244 global ratings

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Customers find the book's information good and excellent. They appreciate the wonderful pictures and sturdiness. Opinions differ on the identification accuracy, with some finding it clear and tasty, while others say it's disappointing and inadequate.

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61 customers mention "Information quality"52 positive9 negative

Customers find the book's information quality good. They mention it has great pictures and detailed descriptions. Readers also say the book is practical and well-presented.

"...There is a moderate amount of information and wonderful pictures for edible and poisonous mushrooms...." Read more

"...Lincoff is a marvelous writer, extremely knowledgeable and really delightful in person. Makes a great coffee table book...." Read more

"...We were able to identify most mushrooms, which was surprising because I didn't think the book would be so comprehensive...." Read more

"...be a safe and confident consumer of the most delicious and easily identifiable mushrooms that grow quite often very near our homes...." Read more

44 customers mention "Pictures quality"44 positive0 negative

Customers find the pictures in the book wonderful, beautiful, and detailed. They say it's practical and well-presented. Readers also appreciate that the book has multiple photos of some of the mushrooms.

"...There is a moderate amount of information and wonderful pictures for edible and poisonous mushrooms...." Read more

"...A great introduction to US edible fungus with excellent photography...." Read more

"...The pictures are so helpful, and the descriptions are well written...." Read more

"This is a beautiful book, fit for any coffee table. I am interested in identifying mushrooms just for fun. I'm not gong to risk eating any of them...." Read more

7 customers mention "Sturdiness"7 positive0 negative

Customers find the book well-put-together, solid for amateur hunters, and in great shape. They mention it's small enough to carry but big enough to show the pictures clearly. Readers also say it's a beautiful book, fit for any coffee table.

"This is a beautiful book, fit for any coffee table. I am interested in identifying mushrooms just for fun. I'm not gong to risk eating any of them...." Read more

"Detailed, clear color pictures and easy to carry along on a mushroom hunt." Read more

"Good information, quality book." Read more

"I kept this for myself and it too was clear and well written. Small enough to carry, but big enough to show the pictures clearly." Read more

10 customers mention "Identification accuracy"4 positive6 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the identification accuracy of the book. Some mention that comparisons of safe and unsafe varieties are clear, while others say the descriptions are dangerously inadequate.

"...It's merely the latest addition to a long list of disappointing mushroom identification resources...." Read more

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"...written in a pleasant narrative style, is also no relevant to identification of mushrooms which are safe to eat...." Read more

"...The photos and especially comparisons of safe and unsafe varieties are clear...." Read more

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Patterson Patrick
5.0 out of 5 stars Mushroom Hunter
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2010
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If you've meet or seen the author before you may have your doubts. To say "odd" is a slight blurring of reality. He knows his stuff and can relate that information superbly. This book will coax you out of your safety zone and into the woods were a mushroom hunter belongs. Also the Oyster Recipe is pretty good so go enjoy yourself.

This is a really well done guide. It gives a "brief" history on mushroom hunting which makes a good read. The book also covers what to take with you on your field trips for a more enjoyable hunt.

There is a moderate amount of information and wonderful pictures for edible and poisonous mushrooms. There is a decent section in medicinal mushrooms.

Here's a list of what's included: morels,truffles,chanterelles,black trumpets,tooth fungi,hedgehog,coral fungi,boletes,polypores,giant puffball,lobster mushroom,jelly fungi,agaricus mushrooms,oyster,honey,shaggy mane,mastutakes,shrimp russula,milk caps,blewits and bluefoot.

There are a good amount of poisonous and psychedelic mushrooms covered with more wonderful pictures.

The best part of the book is the recipes in chapter five. A great starter book for identifying and cooking safe mushrooms.
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J. Mclain
5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous & Useful
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2015
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Bought it as a gift for friends new to wild mushroom picking. A great introduction to US edible fungus with excellent photography. Lincoff is a marvelous writer, extremely knowledgeable and really delightful in person. Makes a great coffee table book. Of course nobody should eat anything they gather without a really experienced person checking out their fungus. This book does point out a few of the safest edibles that are pretty no doubters. Beware the Blewits however--the only weakness of the book is the failure to warn about lookalike purple Cortinarius species that grow in similar locations at the same time of year and can only be positively identified as different by looking at the spores. The Corts include some species with slow poisons that can take weeks to take effect and can cause serious kidney damage so great caution is required before eating the otherwise choice edible Blewits.
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Wingfoot CwR
4.0 out of 5 stars This is a useful, Illustrated guide to common mushrooms
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2013
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As you head out to forage for mushrooms, if you have room in your pack basket for only one book, this is not it. The one book you would carry is Lincoff's compact, National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. The Complete Mushroom Hunter, however, is useful in ways the "Guide" is not. The photos of mushrooms in "Hunter" is a feature the "Guide" lacks. The organizational structure of the "Hunter" is different from the "guide" as it divides up fungi into convenient categories, such as edibles, poisonous, mind-altering. "Hunter" restricts its presentations to the most prevalent. Lincoff obviously designed it for mushroom hunters who see the kitchen as the last step in the foraging pipeline. it is the readable book I lend to friends who are wondering if mushroom foraging is an activity they might wish to pursue. You will want "Hunter" on your shelf along side with the "Guide" and a number of other scholarly research books--and internet resources--that you will acquire as your interest, or appetite, in mushrooms deepens.
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Diana P.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Guide!
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2016
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My husband and I took this book with us along our RV adventures through the Pacific Northwest. It has been invaluable and extremely informative! We picked shaggy manes in Northern California, and wild oyster mushrooms in Columbia River Gorge and Olympic Peninsula. The pictures are so helpful, and the descriptions are well written. We were able to identify most mushrooms, which was surprising because I didn't think the book would be so comprehensive.

Highly recommended as a unique gift or coffee table book, or for the new fungi hobbyist!
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D. Udell
5.0 out of 5 stars A Mushroom library must.
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2011
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Gary Lincoff has obviously been involved in mycology and everything mushroomy for a long time, and his book The Complete Mushroom Hunter: An Illustrated Guide to Finding, Harvesting, and Enjoying Wild Mushrooms, is a wonderful digest of all his knowledge put into a very enjoyable Guide. Touching on all of the important aspects of mushroom knowledge, this book encourages the novice to explore deeper into the wonderful world of mycology and, even if this is the only mushroom book they might own, be a safe and confident consumer of the most delicious and easily identifiable mushrooms that grow quite often very near our homes. I am very happy to have this book in my mushroom library!
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Pamela V
3.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Coffee Table Book - Can't Identify Mushrooms With It
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2015
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This is a beautiful book, fit for any coffee table. I am interested in identifying mushrooms just for fun. I'm not gong to risk eating any of them. It's not worth the risk of a stomach ache or worse, in my opinion. I read this book cover to cover and thought maybe I might know something. I went outside on our 5 acre property and found 6 different mushroom varieties, and couldn't identify a single mushroom.

Mushrooms are beautiful things. This book opened my eyes to the beauty of mushrooms, like the smells of individual mushrooms. I find it pleasing to go on a mushroom hunt; it helps me reduce stress from work and my everyday life, etc. But there is no way I would eat a mushroom based on this guide.
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JENNIFER CASTLE
5.0 out of 5 stars Good hardcover with a lot of pictures.
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2023
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I go hiking and wanted to identify mushrooms and find out info on them and this is the perfect item to do that with. So glad I ordered this book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Overwhelming amount of info.
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2021
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Overwhelming amount of info. I pull this and a few others out for reference. I haven't actually sat and read cover to cover. But full of good info.
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Jean Dantas
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
Reviewed in Brazil on January 22, 2019
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Curti muito, aprendi muito com esse livro, pude melhorar meu vocabulário no inglês. Um ótimo guia para campo bem detalhado e rico em imagens e informações.
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Gisele LeBlanc
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful pics and hints.
Reviewed in Canada on February 11, 2016
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I am very pleased with my purchase of The Complete Mushroom Hunter.
It's a beautiful book with lots of pictures and clear descriptions. I also love the little side notes and stories on each mushroom.
The foraging stories bring me back to my favorite mushroom spots and wish I was there.
I am only have 5 years experience with the whole mushroom world and from the start, I was addicted and still am.
I especially liked the text on where to find particular mushrooms.
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C. Anaka
5.0 out of 5 stars mushroom hunter different from other books on the subject
Reviewed in Canada on July 23, 2013
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very helpful to not only identify a mushroom , but also how to hunt for it in likely spots
lots of trivia I didn't know but very much appreciated. I learned to pick mushrooms with
my mother when I was a child but this helps to complete my knowledge base. this is one
book I can pass on to my kids
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Steven Denault
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing.
Reviewed in Canada on June 13, 2019
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I have waited quite awhile to buy a Mushroom Hunting book and as I read other articles on hunting the author of this books name came up often so I felt confident this book might provide insight that most general books don't. Ironically this book is the superficial kind I feared I might end up with. Its kinda like 'the idoits guide' series or at best aim solely at beginners who don't really want to get into mushrooms on a regular basis. Its more a coffee table book or a childrens how to on mushrooms. I'd look elsewhere for a more serious hunters guide book.
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Bert
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on May 23, 2018
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Complements my other books - some unique and useful information. Great photos, well organised.
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