All That the Rain Promises, and More ...: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms

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Summary: a little rain never hurt anyone
Review: If anyone wants to learn about wild mushroom hunting/eating, this the best book one can get! After you read it, spend a little extra for mushrooms demystified. It's the answer to the answer.

Rating:
Summary: a little rain never hurt anyone
Review: If anyone wants to learn about wild mushroom hunting/eating, this the best book one can get! After you read it, spend a little extra for mushrooms demystified. It's the answer to the answer.

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Summary: An excellent book! VERY enjoyable and informative!
Review: Lots of wonderful little stories, great photos, and clear, concise descriptions. A must-have for anyone who enjoys nature and especially loves mushies. Look for the recipes throughout the book.

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Summary: A must have mushroom identificaion guide
Review: This book is GREAT! A fantastic field guide, giving great pictures, stories, recepies, and more. Even covers some of the psilocybin species. This book is aimed at mushrooms in the western U.S. so if your elsewhere it may not be helpfull, but most of these species do grow all over the world so I don't think it matters much. A great book!

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Summary: Wonderful color pictures
Review: This dandy little paperback is full of color photographs as well as very vivid descriptions, from immature to mature specimens. Makes hunting for the edible fungi easy and lots of fun. This should be used as a companion piece to the MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED and can be kept right in your pack in the field!

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Summary: Wonderful color pictures
Review: This dandy little paperback is full of color photographs as well as very vivid descriptions, from immature to mature specimens. Makes hunting for the edible fungi easy and lots of fun. This should be used as a companion piece to the MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED and can be kept right in your pack in the field!

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Summary: Great reading for non-fungiphiles and shroomheads alike!
Review: This guide is a gem, covering everything from recipies to cultural attitudes and blurbs of short fiction (intentionally or not, the stories are hilarious), all of which is sandwitched into an information packed, full color photo format replete with every prominant mushroom you want to identify. All fits in your pocket, too.

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Summary: Excellent complement to Mushrooms Demystified
Review: This is an excellent companion to the author's Mushrooms Demystified. There are great photos and page references to his earlier comprehensive work. I especially liked the serendipitous "extraneous" information on favorite mushroom hunts, cooking tips, and especially the great picture of my old buddy David "Pan" Grimes replete with lecciniums in his hair.

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Summary: Absolutely essential!
Review: This is the book you must have if you are even casually interested in wild mushrooms. I am replacing a copy that some cretin stole from me. It is a reader's digest version of the big book by David Arora that is also indispensable. Great photographs and very good descriptions of the most commonly encountered species. A nice touch of humor to make it more than just a reference. Don't miss this one!

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Summary: Absolutely essential!
Review: This is the book you must have if you are even casually interested in wild mushrooms. I am replacing a copy that some cretin stole from me. It is a reader's digest version of the big book by David Arora that is also indispensable. Great photographs and very good descriptions of the most commonly encountered species. A nice touch of humor to make it more than just a reference. Don't miss this one!