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Mushrooms of the Upper Midwest: A Simple Guide to Common Mushrooms by Teresa Marrone

Teresa Marrone . Unknown Year . English

Begin to Identify Mushrooms with this Great Visual Guide for the Upper Midwest! Mushrooming is a popular and rewarding pastime—and it’s one that you can enjoy with the right information at hand. Mushrooms of the Upper Midwest is the field guide to get you started. The region-specific book utilizes an innovative, user-friendly format that can help you identify mushrooms by their visual characteristics. Hundreds of full-color photographs are paired with easy-to-understand text, providing the details to give you confidence in the field. The information, written by foraging experts Teresa Marrone and Kathy Yerich, is accessible to beginners but useful for even experienced mushroom seekers. Learn about nearly 400 species of common wild mushrooms found in the Midwestern states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The species (from Morel Mushrooms to Shelf Mushrooms) are organized by shape, then by color, so you can identify them by their visual characteristics. Plus, with the Top Edibles and Top Toxics sections, you'll begin to learn which are the edible wild mushrooms and which to avoid. Get this field guide, jam-packed with information, and start identifying the mushrooms you find.

Categories: Self-Help

About the Author

Teresa Marrone became interested in foraging and wild foods while attending college in northern Wisconsin, where a number of her classmates hunted everything from mushrooms to blueberries to deer. After moving to Minneapolis, she entered the word of printing and publishing, becoming managing editor for The Hunting & Fishing Library series of outdoors-themed books. Her first book, Dressing & Cooking Wild Game, was published by the HFL in 1987, and remains in print to this day. Since then, as an independent author, she has written over a dozen additional cookbooks. She is also the author/photographer for a series of photographic field ID guides on wild berries and fruits (published for 4 regions of the US) and is also co-author of a growing series of photographic field ID guides for mushrooms.

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