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A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America (Peterson Field Guides (R))5 reviews
Kent H. McKnight

Houghton Mifflin, 1998

Still a standard field guide to fungi
This field guide is nearly twenty years old, but there are so few field guides to fungi that it still remains a standard reference. Like all Peterson field guides, it is handy and compact and can easily be taken into the field and pored over with the mushrooms in their wild habitat. The text is detailed and accurate and a "similar species" section is very useful. However, this guide uses painted ... 		  
  







  
  
Mushrooms of Northeastern North America8 reviews
Alan E. Bessette, Arleen R. Bessette, ...

Syracuse University Press, 1997

A Fungus-Viewer's Pal
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. 		  
  







  
  
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms (National Audubon Society Field Guides)25 reviews
Gary H. Lincoff

Knopf, 1981

Great guide for a risky hobby.
If you know anything about mushroom hunting, or even if you don't. This book is a must have. If you know anything about mushrooms or mushroom hunting you know that it is a dangerous adventure. Some are poisonous, some are just plain NASTY! Some will alter the mind, some are delicious. If you are into mushrooms or mushroom hunting this is a must have to identify mushrooms. I trust this book with ... 		  
  







  
  
Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide15 reviews
Paul Stamets

Ten Speed Press, 1996

Why this book is vital to humanity as a whole
So many people are utterly consumed with their work life that they are avidly avoiding a spiritual experience, which is at the heart of what is ideal. This book may help serve as a gentlemenly guide to embarking on an organized hunt for fungi and an organized understanding of how to incorporate them into personal experience. Although some may argue with me, I would say this is actually high level ... 		  
  







  
  
Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi43 reviews
David Arora

Ten Speed Press, 1986

Fantastic, comprehensive resource
For anyone interested in learning about mushrooms, this book is the mushroom bible for species in the United States. It's not really a book for beginners, because the information can be somewhat overwhelming, but if you want a positive ID on something you've found, there's no better resource to do it. Then again, Arora injects a dose of unexpected hilarity that a mushroom-hunter with any level of ... 		  
  







  
  
Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web37 reviews
Jeff Lowenfels, Wayne Lewis

Timber Press, Incorporated, 2006

Excellent resource
Despite the short length of this book, it was packed with lots of good information and was easy to read. It brought to my attention aspects of fungi versus microbial activity that I was never aware of and how these affect soil quality for gardens versus shrubs. The book has had an immediate payback for me, as I am a novice composter and now know how to do that better. It also described compost ... 		  
  







  
  
All That the Rain Promises, and More ...: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms29 reviews
David Arora

Ten Speed Press, 1991

for westerners, a must-have
I got this a few years ago at a class Arora taught in Ft Bragg. I keep it with my hiking supplies because I certainly can't carry Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi around with me. This one is a great read and is enough, with its fine photos, to do decent field identification. I can understand that people in other areas might be disappointed in the western ... 		  
  







  
  
Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms19 reviews
Paul Stamets

Ten Speed Press, 2000

Superb
The title says it all. This is regarded as an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in raising mushrooms (on any scale), and I can only agree. This book is meant on some level to complement The Mushroom Cultivator, which is referenced occasionally. For example when discussing pests and contaminants, only the vectors and generalities are discussed; the reader is directed to The Mushroom ... 		  
  







  
  
Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World19 reviews
Paul Stamets

Ten Speed Press, 2005

Great Book!
I purchased this book as a gift for a fellow graduate student who is studying the relationship between vascular plant roots and fungi. He and our professor/advisor oohhed and aahhed over it. I should have gotten one for our advisor too! A quality book with great photos through-out and it is very readable! I have come to the conclusion that mycologists aren't pretentious wordy folks! They ... 		  
  







  
  
North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi (Falconguide)9 reviews
Orson K. Miller, Hope Miller

Falcon, 2006

Very useful in its own rite
Overall, this book is great for the beginner. It includes great color photographs of every mushroom covered. Though it contains only 180 species of mushrooms across North America, it is still a great field guide for the beginner. The book also contains a very easy and clear-cut method for classifying the mushrooms that you found. It is definitely good classification and identification practice ... 		  
  







  
  
Taming the Truffle: The History, Lore, and Science of the Ultimate Mushroom2 reviews
Ian Hall, Gordon Brown, ...

Timber Press, 2008

Taming the Truffle
As a self described Truffle afficianado, I would say this is the best book that I have seen on truffles. I have not finished reading the entire book, but can say that it is the most comprehensive and informative book on truffles that I have found. It does not rate one truffle over the next like some books do. I highly recomend this book. Tom Mackie 		  
  







  
  
Introduction to Fungi
John Webster, Roland Weber

Cambridge University Press, 2007

This new edition of the universally acclaimed textbook on fungal biology has been completely re-written, to take account of recent progress in the taxonomy, cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, pathology and ecology of the fungi. Features of taxonomic relevance are integrated with natural functions, including their relevance to human affairs. Special emphasis is placed on the biology and control of human and plant pathogens, providing a ... 		  
  







  
  
Mushroom Picker's Foolproof Field Guide1 review
Peter Jordan

Southwater, 2004

Mushroom Picker's Foolproof Field Guide
As a lover of mushrooms and the out doors, i just had to have this book. My friends and family spend many hours hiking in the woods Having this book as a sort of reference guide to take along,has made our hikes more interesting and productive. The photos and detailed descriptions of the mushrooms are quite helpful when trying to identify an edible species. 		  
  







  
  
Field Guide to North American Truffles: Hunting, Identifying, and Enjoying the World's Most Prized Fungi4 reviews
Matt Trappe, Frank Evans, ...

Ten Speed Press, 2007

No, not THAT kind of truffles...
If you're thinking of picking this up just so you can jaunt out to the woods and grab some food for dinner, you might want to think twice--given the number of inedible fungi out there (some toxic), the authors do recommend that amateurs wanting edible truffles take along a more experienced truffle hunter until they've got the hang of it. If you think that hunting truffles would make a cool hobby ... 		  
  







  
  
A Modern Herbal (Volume 1, A-H): The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and ...22 reviews
Margaret Grieve

Dover Publications, 1971

A Modern Herbal (Volume 1, A-H)
Although I preferred the older verison this is great for the beginner and advnce alike. 		  
  







  
  
The Fifth Kingdom7 reviews
Bryce Kendrick

Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company, 2001

3rd Editon The Fifth Kingdom 2001
The Fifth Kingdom is indeed an excellent treatment on the fungi kingdom. A lively text makes this topic approachable to most. I would also highly recommend the CDROM Dr. Kendrick has produced to go with the text. Over 3000 colour images and animations have been included which really brings the topic to life. He has placed many of these chapters online at his site mycolog com . I would recommend a ... 		  
  







  
  
Alaska's Mushrooms: A Practical Guide (Alaska Pocket Guide)5 reviews
Harriette Parker

Alaska Northwest Books, 1994

A Must Have for Alaskans
This book should be on every Alaskan's shelf. It is invaluable for identifying all the fungi in our gardens in August. Simple, easy to read and good pictures. 		  
  







  
  
Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America16 reviews
Roger Phillips

Firefly Books, 2005

Terrific book!
This book has a ton of great pictures and descriptions. I bought this book for my fiance who is a mushroom inthusiast. There were many times when we would be taking a walk and he would wonder if mushrooms we saw were edible. He keeps the book in his car, and it's a great reference guide. The descriptions let us know where to expect certain mushrooms, if they are edible or not, and what they ... 		  
  







  
  
Medical Mycology: A Self-Instructional Text1 review
Martha E., M.D. Kern, Kathleen S., Ph.D. Blevins

F. A. Davis Company, 1997

The ultimate pratical reference to teach yourself mycology
This is a well organized and written reference that makes sense of the arcane world of fungal names and nomenclature. I am a veterinary dermatology resident and from one careful reading of this book I was able identify the most common pathogenic and contaminant fungi. I recommend this book to the any health professional or student who needs to learn and more important understand and identify ... 		  
  







  
  
Mushrooms of Northeast North America: Midwest to New England10 reviews
George Barron

Lone Pine Publishing, 1999

Motivating - my favorite
I've had this book two years, and since that time have been hunting fungi to take pictures. They are interesting and make good subjects - and this book is motiviating with its beautiful photographs. A good 'guide' to read in the evening before going out the next day.. This is my favorite of a growing 'fungi guide' library, and the first I use when returning home from the field to look at my ... 		  
  







  




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