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Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi | 
| Author: David Arora
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 19752
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1020
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.4 x 2.3
ISBN: 0898151694
Dewey Decimal Number: 589.222309794
EAN: 9780898151695
ASIN: 0898151694
Publication Date: September 1986
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Amazon.com Review
This is the be-all and end-all of mushroom books! Truly an encyclopedia of mushroom facts and lore, lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs, literally everything you need to know about mushrooms, edible or not. Arora has taught mycology for close to twenty years and has hunted and photographed mushrooms across the North American continent. Threaded through the book are his wry and humorous observations and comments, making what could have been a rather dull, "just-the-facts, ma'am" reference book into a really enjoyable read. The stunning photographs of the incredible variety of fungi are fascinating and eye-opening, and while the author gives clear and factual information, the mysterious allure of mushrooms in their countless shapes, sizes and colors is only increased by this huge and delightful book. --Mark Hetts
Product Description
Simply the best and most complete mushroom field guide and reference book, with over 950 photographs.
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Mushrooms Demystified January 8, 2009
Mushrooms Demystified is the outstanding and most thorough identification guide for wild mushrooms. It's the identifier that you keep at home to clarify your field sample's identity.
 Mushroom's are still a mystery... December 18, 2008
For people interested in shroom hunting, this book is great. I only wish it contained more color photos. For people of the Pacific Northwest, I am told that the 1st edition is more area specific, and I think I'll buy me a used copy.
For Western US only December 16, 2008
At first glance this little gem of a guide seems to cover most world-wide species of mushrooms. But, its not until you begin to read the preface that you realize that this guide is for only the Western US, specifically California. Being in Belgium, I dont see many of these mushrooms mentioned around. But it a great book and explains in great detail the bio-sheres where mushrooms can be found. My only negaive is the lack of color plates to describe particular varieties. Black and white plates do not cut it in the mushroom world.
 Mushrooms demystified? November 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If I were a beginner, I would have been totally confused by this book. The problem comes from the dichotomous keys. They can be confusing and lead you in the totally wrong direction. The author says up-front, that there are several reasons you can be lead astray by the keys, mainly user error. Well, the keys are only as good as they are written. After having said the keys are confusing, the rest of the information provided in the book is quite good and very detailed. I wish there were more color photos to go along with the descriptions. Yes, there are over 800 photos, but most of them are black and white. It is difficult to compare detail of an actual mushroom in the hand with a black and white photo. Overall, I would say this is a good book to have in your collection, but I would not depend on this book for identification.
Excellent book with loads of good info November 16, 2008
This is a very good reference book with tons of information. It is well written and easy to use.
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