Product Information
With more than 700 mushrooms detailed with color photographs and descriptive text, this is the most comprehensive photographic field guide to the mushrooms of North America. The 762 full-color identification photographs show the mushrooms as they appear in natural habitats. Organized visually, the book groups all mushrooms by color and shape to make identification simple and accurate in the field, while the text account for each species includes a detailed physical description, information on edibility, season, habitat, range, look-alikes, alternative names, and facts on edible and poisonous species, uses, and folklore. A supplementary section on cooking and eating wild mushrooms, and illustrations identifying the parts of a mushroom, round out this essential guide.Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100394519922
ISBN-139780394519920
eBay Product ID (ePID)229680
Product Key Features
Book TitleNational Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms
Number of Pages928 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1981
TopicPlants / Mushrooms, Reference, Life Sciences / Mycology
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Science
AuthorNational Audubon Society
Book SeriesNational Audubon Society Field Guides
FormatBook, Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight21.4 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width4.1 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition19
Lccn81-080827
Target AudienceTrade
Dewey Decimal589.2/097
Lc Classification NumberQk605.85