num_pages: 264
description: "He hunts only at the crack of dawn and wears his shirt inside out. To ask why is to ask why fire burns. His credo may be stated he has sworn an oath to keep his mushroom patches secret and to find and to poach on the patches of other hunters. When mushrooms are the prize, the scope of all his aspirations is narrowed to these two goals. Though in all else he may be as Saintly as St. Francis, in the pursuit of these ends he is more Satanic than Satan. He will betray his nearest and dearest without the slightest twitch of flesh or spirit. He is amoral."―Definition of a mushroom hunter by Angelo PellegriniThis classic field guide answers the amateur mycologist's two most important "What is it?" and "Is it good to eat?" Color photographs illustrate 199 species of mushrooms ranging from boletes to puffballs, chantrelles to truffles. Full descriptions clearly identify the edible or poisonous qualities of each.
language: English
title: The New Savory Wild Mushroom
titlecomplete: The New Savory Wild Mushroom
genres: Reference, Food
ratings_count: 37
publisher: University of Washington Press