Edible wild mushrooms of Illinois and surrounding states
Subtitle: a field-to-kitchen guide
By: Joe McFarland and Gregory M. Mueller.
Contributors: Mueller, Gregory M.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780252076435
Subjects: Mushrooms, Edible -- Illinois -- Identification; Cookery (Mushrooms)
Genres: Identification.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Tips for beginners: how to find, identify, and understand wild mushrooms; title: Mushrooms grow everywhere. Here's how to start finding and identifying the best ones to eat, and how to bring them to the table; title: 2. Common and poisonous: a few toxic mushrooms. Poisonous mushrooms grow everywhere in Illinois. Before you pick and eat any wild mushroom, learn to recognize toxic species; title: 3. Into the forest: mushrooms found with trees; title: Edible mushrooms often grow on or around living and dead trees; title: 4. The morels: Morchella elata, Morchella semilibera, and Morchella esculenta; title: The most popular wild mushrooms in Illinois look like a sea sponge. there are three basic morel species; title: plus several varieties; title: 5. The chanterelles: Cantharellus cibarius, Cantharellus lateritius, Craterellus foetidus, Cantharellus cinnabarinus, and Craterellus cornucopioides, yellow, black, orange, and red; title: wildly popular chanterelles are a group of vase-shaped summer mushrooms that often grow near oaks; title: 6. The boletes: Xanthaconium separans, strobilomyces spp., and Gyroporus castaneus. These terrestrial mushrooms have pores on the underside of the cap. there are hundreds of bolete species; here are a few easy ones to identify; title: 7. The puffballs: Calvatia gigantea, Calvatia cyathiformis, Calvatia craniformis; title: Lycoperdon perlatum, and Lycoperdon pyriforme; title: You can stomp on them when they're old, or eat them when they're fresh; title: 8. Take the field without getting hurt: agaricus, macrolepiota, lepiota, and coprinus. Wherever there's grass, look for these edible wild mushrooms; title: 9. Let's eat: recipes and advice for cooking wild mushrooms.