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Mushrooming Without Fear: The Beginner's Guide to Collecting Safe and Delicious Mushrooms Paperback – October 17, 2007

by Alexander Schwab (Author)
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Is it safe or not? What gourmands and nature lovers need to know to harvest your own. Advice, with photographs, from an expert!

Novices eager to collect tasty wild mushrooms will find this unique guide invaluable. Unlike others, it focuses only on those types that are both safe to eat and delicious. Most importantly, it presents the eight rules of mushroom gathering in a straightforward fashion, including, "Never, never take a mushroom with gills" and "If a mushroom smells rotten, it is rotten."

Among the mushrooms covered are the cep; the red-cracked, larch, bay, and birch boletes; hen of the woods, chanterelle, trumpet chanterelle, hedgehog fungus, common puffball, horn of plenty, and cauliflower mushroom.

Each is identified with several photographs and identification checklist, and there's also information on mushroom season, handling, storage, and cooking, complete with recipes.
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About the Author

grew up in Switzerland and gained a master’s degree in philosophy and history at Aberdeen University. He now lives in the beautiful Emmental region of Switzerland and fills the gaps between fishing trips by working as a management consultant. His hobbies include mushrooming, cooking, exploring the countryside, and reading poetry. He is the author of

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Skyhorse (October 17, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1602391602
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1602391604
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.44 x 0.5 x 9.65 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,170 ratings

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Customers find the information in the book clear and detailed enough to easily identify mushrooms. They describe the book as a great, fun, and simple read. Readers appreciate the pictures, saying they're beautiful and colorful. Opinions are mixed on the color accuracy and variety of mushrooms. Some mention the book is good for finding mushrooms and knowing which are safe to eat, while others say it only covers 12 varieties.

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211 customers mention "Information quality"165 positive46 negative

Customers find the book's information clear, detailed, and practical. They say it's a good book for complete novices. Readers also appreciate the great step-by-step instructions.

"...It's not a children's book, per se, it's just easy and interesting enough for them to read...." Read more

"Book is detailed enough to easily identify mushrooms from my yard." Read more

"...and fast rule is "no gills" but there are delectable, easily identified mushrooms with gills, like oysters or honey mushrooms, which should not be..." Read more

"A very clear guide and system to identifying SOME of the choice edible mushrooms out there..." Read more

110 customers mention "Value for money"86 positive24 negative

Customers find the book great, simple, and worth the money. They say it's gratifying, interesting, and fun to skim through. Readers also mention the book is well-written and in very good condition.

"...But as far as mushrooming goes, "Mushrooming Without Fear" is also awesome, liked, and resourceful for all ages. Highly recommended!" Read more

"...Their one hard and fast rule is "no gills" but there are delectable, easily identified mushrooms with gills, like oysters or honey mushrooms, which..." Read more

"...wish it had more of what I was searching for, but Definitely worth the money and read for what I learned." Read more

"...pretty useless for anything else among the other millions of mushrooms in the world. Better off getting a more comprehensive guide, look elsewhere." Read more

89 customers mention "Pictures quality"72 positive17 negative

Customers find the pictures in the book great and beautiful. They say there are hundreds of color pictures.

"...He wants to get into growing and foraging. The pictures are good and it has clear information." Read more

"...Although the photographs are outstanding, some of them are repeated to fill space. Mushrooms are seldom shown in the button stage...." Read more

"Nice photos but very limited usefulness, basically shows how to avoid non-edible mushrooms by limiting choices to only two common simple types..." Read more

"...pictures for anyone who's nervous about picking mushrooms this really has great pictures which for me is a huge positive!..." Read more

76 customers mention "Readability"68 positive8 negative

Customers find the book easy to read and understand. They appreciate the nice descriptions and checklist to identify the mushrooms. Readers also mention the book is well-written and interesting.

"...It's a very easy read. Several of my 10-year-old students were wanting to read it, and one asked to take it home with him to study...." Read more

"...The pictures are good and it has clear information." Read more

"Very interesting to read about the different edible mushrooms that you can find in the wild. Educating myself!!" Read more

"...This is a very interesting book, and perhaps I ranked it low because as an author, editor, book designer, and publisher I value different things...." Read more

35 customers mention "Color accuracy"11 positive24 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the color accuracy of the book. Some mention that it has colorful pictures with excellent identifying information, while others say the pictures are in black and white.

"...the items says "cap color matches color bar above" but the color bar is black and white so it's not much help...." Read more

"...ID refers to a color bar showing the range of colors -- but there's no color bar!" Read more

"...There is apparent color coding on the pages, but it seems to be more about design than information architecture...." Read more

"...What is entirely useless are the color codes used in the book to compare cap colors against - unless your wild mushrooms happen to be growing in..." Read more

23 customers mention "Variety of mushrooms"9 positive14 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the variety of mushrooms in the book. Some mention it's a good choice for finding and knowing which are safe to eat. They also say it helps with defining the correct mushrooms and they can hunt many mushrooms with confidence. However, others say it doesn't cover any morel mushrooms and only addresses a few edible types.

"...Cons : It is very very basic in coverage . If you have any kind of experience with mushrooms it is probably not for you . Very..." Read more

"...to get started by finding and preparing some easy-to-identify, common mushrooms." Read more

"The morel mushroom isn’t in this book, along with various other mushrooms that I find are super common ones for the United States...." Read more

"...But it only addresses a few edible types. I wanted to know what the mushrooms were that grow in my front yard after a rain. I still don't know." Read more

18 customers mention "Safety"11 positive7 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the safety of the book. Some mention it tells you the safest and easiest to identify mushrooms that you can eat, with excellent rules for the safe recovery of mushrooms. However, others say it's not helpful, encouraging, or interesting.

"...is merely meant to get you started and keep you absolutely, unquestionably safe...." Read more

"Not a comforting read. It suggest you slice and stain and look under microscope to make sure they are safe to eat...." Read more

"...Tells where to find them, gives lots of caution and the dangers, how to harvest, and even has color charts for each mushroom and checklists to make..." Read more

"...This book is not that... it is a reassurance for novice mycophagists it is a great book for your napsack!!..." Read more

8 customers mention "Danger level"0 positive8 negative

Customers find the book's danger level high. They mention there are no harvesting techniques and no caution regarding toxic look-alikes.

"...Shockingly, the poisonous look-alikes are not actually shown. In some cases, key information about poisonous look-alikes is missing...." Read more

"...complete novices, but it is a bit misleading, for example, there ARE poisonous boletes, and the book does not really get into that, or just how many..." Read more

"...very little description, no harvesting techniques and no caution regarding toxic /poisonous look-alikes for comparison." Read more

"...truth is, mushrooms are very tricky and the most dangerous thing to eat." Read more

A must buy for First Time Mushroom Hunters!
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A must buy for First Time Mushroom Hunters!
Great book easy read! I was very impressed at how well it was put together made it very easy to understand great pictures for anyone who's nervous about picking mushrooms this really has great pictures which for me is a huge positive! I enjoyed reading through with it didn't take me long it's not a story book like some foraging books are... I much prefer this book to some of my other foraging books I have I do not care much for stories I like to know the facts and how things look! So again great book a must buy!! It was exactly what I was looking for! I'll be bringing it on all my hikes!
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Kate Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative
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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended for all ages!
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This guide is very descriptive in terms of the edible varieties of mushrooms. In our neck of the woods, we also can get lobster mushrooms (which are also edible), which were not added to this book, though. Obviously there are so many edible varieties that would make this book super thick, buy I'm glad it's not a thick book. It's a very easy read. Several of my 10-year-old students were wanting to read it, and one asked to take it home with him to study. He even came back the next day with a little bookmark in it! It's not a children's book, per se, it's just easy and interesting enough for them to read. I even added a bonus question on the test pertaining to the majority of mushrooms with gills, that EVERY student got correct; which tells me that even pre-teens will remember the foraging hints in this book. So if you, too, are over the typical curriculum dumbing-down, try giving quality nonfiction books like these a whirl. It helped my lower students become better readers because they actually WANT to know what's between the covers. For this age group I also recommend "Survivor Kid" by Denise Long (A book I've taught in class for two years now that gets excellent feedback from the youngsters!) But as far as mushrooming goes, "Mushrooming Without Fear" is also awesome, liked, and resourceful for all ages. Highly recommended!
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Ramonia Aites
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent source of Information
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I gave this as a gift for my son. He wants to get into growing and foraging. The pictures are good and it has clear information.
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thomas trujillo
4.0 out of 5 stars Good
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Fun and good information
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B. K. Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars mushrooms
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2024
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Very interesting to read about the different edible mushrooms that you can find in the wild. Educating myself!!
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Arlin Steffanson
3.0 out of 5 stars Too elementary
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“ if it has gills or a cap, don’t eat it.” Which leaves one with just a few woody shelf mushrooms. A real rip off.
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5.0 out of 5 stars So cool!
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2024
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Any mycologist would absolutely adore to get this book from YOU!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Safe bet
Reviewed in Canada on August 5, 2024
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Very informative book. Easy read and vry descriptive. Lovely educational book for 1st time mushroom enthusiasts. Definitely gave us the confidence we needed to start foraging. Don't skip a page!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Eat free and live to tell the tale
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Despite having lived in Europe and having married into Central European roots (where "mushrooming" is widely practised without fear) I have always harboured a very British concern about harvesting and eating wild fungi. Result? I love mushrooms, but end up paying through the nose for them at supermarkets. However well-intentioned those purveyors are, they cannot match the freshness of foray to food in less than an hour.

This book has overcome all those prejudices. With one simple and oft-repeated rule--and seven other subsidiary rules--you can start producing excellent fresh sauces and preserved mushrooms yourself and live to tell the tale.

Easily read (front to back cover in twenty minutes over a cup of coffee in my case) you will have the confidence to identify and reject the poisonous fungi that give their ilk a bad name. Along with them, to be on the safe side, you'll also reject the field mushroom, but to compensate you'll find plenty of other more exotic and flavoursome varieties.

It's worth considering the hardback version of the book that comes with a pocket field guide to carry into the woods. It's not enclosed in the paperback. However, this version is perfectly serviceable and takes up less shelf space!

PS - This book also explains that what we call a "mushroom" is not, in fact, a mushroom! How weird is that?
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Richard Allen
5.0 out of 5 stars nice. field guide
Reviewed in Canada on July 15, 2023
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great pics load of info. great resource
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 28, 2019
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Doran Ramsay
4.0 out of 5 stars Feeling more confident as a beginner, picking some common mushrooms.
Reviewed in Canada on August 1, 2021
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Dear Amazon.ca,
Thank you for this book. This book is a good size for your library, table top and for your field pack to use on your excursions. Easy to understand language along with a color guide to better recognize mushrooms at different stages of growth. Most mushrooms pictured are common to the Atlantic region, a few additional mushrooms would have been nice.
A good beginners addition.
Many thanks, -doran
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