Fungi Field Guides and other Recommended Reading

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General Field Guides

David Arora, Mushrooms Demystified

 

Alan Bessette and Orson Miller, Mushrooms of North America in Color: A Field Guide Companion to Seldom-Illustrated Fungi 

 

Alan Bessette et al., Mushrooms of North America in Color: A Field Guide Companion to Seldom-Illustrated Fungi

 

David W. Fischer and Alan Bessette, Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America: A Field-to-Kitchen Guide

 

Michael Kuo, 100 Edible Mushrooms

 

Gary Lincoff, National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms

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Gary Lincoff, The Complete Mushroom Hunter: An Illustrated Guide to Finding, Harvesting, and Enjoying Wild Mushrooms

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Kent H. McKnight and Vera B. McKnight, A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America

                                                     

Orson K. Miller and Hope H. Miller, North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide To Edible And Inedible Fungi  

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Roger Phillips, Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America                              

 

Alexander H. Smith and Nancy Smith Weber, The Mushroom Hunter's Field Guide 

                             

Field Guides to Specific Regions

Joe Ammirati and Steve Trudell, Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest

 

George Barron, Mushrooms of Northeast North America: Midwest to New England

 

Timothy Baroni, Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada

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Alan E. Bessette, Arlene R. Bessette, David W. Fischer, Mushrooms of Northeastern North America

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Denise Binion et al., Macro Fungi Associated with Oaks of Eastern North America

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Vera Stucky Evenson, Mushrooms of the Rocky Mountain Region

 

Joe McFarland and Gregory Mueller, Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States: A Field-to-Kitchen Guide (Field-To-Kitchen Guides)

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C.H. Kauffman, The Gilled Mushrooms of Michigan Volumes I, II 

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Michael Kuo and Andrew S. Methven, Mushrooms of the Midwest

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Teresa Marrone and Walt Sturgeon, A Simple Guide to Common Mushrooms: Mushrooms of the Northeast

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William C. Roody, Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians   

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Bill Russell, Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic

 

Noah Siegel and Christian Schwarz, Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of Coastal Northern California

 

David L. Spahr, Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada

 

Field Guides to Specific Groups of Fungi                                  

Alan Bessette, Dianna Smith, Arleen Bessette, Polypores and Similar Fungi of Eastern and Central North America

 

Alan Bessette and William Roody, North American Boletes: A Color Guide to the Fleshy Pored Mushrooms

Alan Bessette, William Roody and Arleen Bessette, Boletes of Eastern North America

 

Alan Bessette, et al., Tricholomas of North America: A Mushroom Field Guide

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Alan Bessette, David Harris and Arleen Bessette, Milk Mushrooms of North America: A Field Identification Guide to the Genus Lactarius

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Alan Bessette, Waxcap Mushrooms of Eastern North America

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Michael Beug and Alan Bessette, Ascomycete Fungi of North America: A Mushroom Reference Guide

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L. R. Hesler and A. Smith, North American Species of Lactarius

 

Michael Kuo, Morels 

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Greg Marley, Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares: The Love, Lore, and Mystique of Mushrooms

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Olle Person, The Chanterelle Book 

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Matt Trappe and Frank Evans, Field Guide to North American Truffles: Hunting, Identifying, and Enjoying the World's Most Prized Fungi

 

Online Reprints of Classics at Mykoweb.com

L. R. Hesler and A. Smith, North American Species of Crepidotus

 

Alexander Smith and Nancy Smith Weber, North American Species of Pholiota

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Medicinal Fungi

Christopher Hobbs, Medicinal Mushrooms: An Exploration of Tradition, Healing, & Culture

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David L. Spahr, Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada 

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Paul Stamets, Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

 

Mushroom Photography
Taylor Lockwood, Treasures from the Kingdom of Fungi: Featuring Photographs of Mushrooms and Other Fungi from Around the World 

 

Taylor Lockwood, Chasing the Rain: My Treasure Hunt for the World's Most Beautiful Mushrooms

Other Good Reading
Eugenia Bone, Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms

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Langdon Cook, The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America

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Gary Emberger's website: Fungi Growing on Wood

 

Bryce Kendrick, The Fifth Kingdom

 

Gary Lincoff, The Joy of Foraging: Gary Lincoff's Illustrated Guide to Finding, Harvesting, and Enjoying a World of Wild Food

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Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures 

 

Steven L. Stephenson & Henry Stempen, Myxomycetes: A Handbook of Slime Molds

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