How to use this guide 8
The
mushrooming without fear method 9
What does
‘edible’ mean?
Learn to leave a mushroom
Look-alike poisonous species
The tools of the trade
Worm-infested mushrooms
Cutting or pulling?
Raw mushrooms
What is a mushroom? 12
Tubes, spines, ridges and gills 15
Tubes 16
Spines
17
Ridges 18
Gills. 20
Comparing ridges and
gills 24
Mushrooming without
Fear
Mushrooms with tubes
29
Cep or Penny Bun Bolete 30
Red Cracked Bolete 34
Dotted Stemmed Bolete 38
Larch Bolete 44
Slippery Jack 48
Bay Bolete 52
Birch Bolete 58
Mushrooms with ridges 63
Chanterelle 64
Trumpet Chanterelle 68
Mushrooms with spines 73
Hedgehog
Fungus 74
Mavericks 79
Morel 80
Common Puffball 88
Hen of the Woods 92
Horn of Plenty 96
Cauliflower Mushroom 100
For those who want to know
more about mushrooms with gills
Mushrooms with gills 109
Field
Mushroom 110
Wood Blewit 116
Shaggy Ink Cap 120
Parasol 124
Shaggy Parasol 130
Oyster Mushroom 134
St George’s Mushroom 138
Charcoal Burner 142
Amethyst Deceiver 148
Background
Trees and mushrooms 152
The mushrooming season 154
Handling, storage and cooking 154
Fascinating folklore 157
Index 159
Alexander Schwab grew up in Switzerland and was awarded a Masters Degree in philosophy and history at Aberdeen University. His main interests are all aspects of fishing, hunting and mushrooming. He now lives in New Zealand and when not mushrooming, fishing or hunting, he is thinking or writing about them.
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