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Offline melsdad

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Identification Books for newbies
« on: December 20, 2010, 12:00:45 PM »
Please list your favorite books for identifying mushrooms, and other edibles. This should be helpful to those just starting to hunt plants, mushrooms, and would be a good reference for those with experience.
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Re: Identification Books for newbies
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2010, 12:18:58 PM »
+1 Melsdad, I opened this topic hopeing to see a list of good books. ear
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Re: Identification Books for newbies
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2010, 02:17:35 PM »
I have Peterson's Guide to Edible Wild Plants-lots of good drawings and color photos for I.D. I also found an old book in a second hand store called The Edible Wild A complete Guide and Cookbook to Edible Wild Plants in Canada and North America. It was authored by Berndt Berglund and Clare E. Bolsby.Published by Charles Scribner's Sons New York. I wouldnt consider it a good book for identifying wild plants but it has a ton of info on processing and cooking wild edible plants. If would recommend it if you ever see a copy floating around.
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Re: Identification Books for newbies
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2010, 04:49:06 PM »
Old Boy Scout fieldbooks are pretty good.  So is the US Army Survival Manual.  The first can be pricey as a collectible,  the second can be had very reasonably.  There are a couple, now out of print, but I can't remember the names, I'll write later if my mind sparks a connection.  You might also research the Foxfire books.

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Re: Identification Books for newbies
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2010, 02:58:04 PM »
for plants look up Samual Thayer  A Foragers Harvest and Natures  Garden   Genneral Plant book  Epel's Botny in a Day   Books by Christopher Nyerges (spelling) ,   Steve Brill, Runyon        Thayer and Nyerges  and Runyon have DVD's also. 

Mushrooms I stick to the easy ones, chantrells, Morels, oyster,  don't have as many books off the top of my head.....
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Re: Identification Books for newbies
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2011, 04:31:43 AM »
For mushrooms in a general Midwest area you can't beat Missouri's Wild Mushrooms by Maxine Stone.  It is an excellent book with great pictures and no BS.

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