Mushrooms of the Northeast: A Simple Guide to Common Mushrooms (Mushroom Guides)

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Great Pictures, Convenient Size!
by Brian Adey (5 out of 5 stars)
January 5, 2018

This book has great pictures, and is a great size for taking along into the woods. I own at least 7 other mushroom guides, and this one is every bit as good as ones that cost twice the price. It isn't as detailed as some of the more scholarly guides, but that isn't its purpose. If you want an easy-to-use, handy mushroom guide for the Northeast US, then this is the book for you.
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Best pocket-sized guide
by Chappie (5 out of 5 stars)
August 16, 2017

This is a surprisingly good guide for such a small book (genuinely pocket sized). Photos are high quality & show key characteristics. Similar species are discussed, often with smaller photos. Taxonomy is updated. The Top Edible and Top Toxics sections are clever & useful. I wouldn't depend solely on this for identification (I don't depend on any single guide for mushroom identification), but this is the best small book for Northeastern mushrooms and is the one I now always take with me in the field. There are several more detailed guides that include more species (and you should have them), but they are much larger and heavier (I've learned to carry as little as I can in the field), and, although very helpful for identifying collected mushrooms at home, are often too cumbersome in the field. Marrone & Sturgeon achieved a fine balance between conciseness, detail, and coverage in a tidy little user-friendly package. One addition I'd make would be to include a strong warning about small Lepiota mushrooms in the Top Toxics section - some are deadly poisonous, but this is rarely mentioned in any mushroom guides.
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Very Good Field Guide for Ohio, Pa, NYS, MD, and the rest of the N.E. states!
by todd fischer (5 out of 5 stars)
March 9, 2017

this is a small field guide, nice quality paper, lots of clear fotos, and they have a section on wild edible mushrooms, and ones which are toxic. That's what I want to know, easily ! it could have used the symbol for edible and toxic more through out the book, sometimes u have to read about the mushroom to figure out if it is or isn't edible, and they could have saved me a lot of time and effort, just tell me!!

so the book does need improvements, like most all of the books, I want a listing in the index which are edible and which are toxic or non-edible, since they are ones that no one wants, at least not me!! and the common name for them should be listed too, so I can find it easily, all books have this problem. so if u don't know what it is, DON"T EAT IT !! or ur not sure, DON"T EAT IT!! I would like to see if they have a book like this for other areas, I think it is a very good book. No e-mail is included to talk to the authors either, it should have that. the publishers name and number is printed, but no e-mail for them either! good luck !
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My Favorite Mushroom Hunting Resource
by Leslie (5 out of 5 stars)
February 2, 2019

I've taken out numerous resource books on ID'ing wild mushrooms, and this is by far my favorite. There are other good ones out there, either for the very beginner (like Good Mushroom Bad Mushroom) or the more experienced (National Audubon Society Field Guide to Mushrooms) but I'm kind of in-between. I do have the latter book, and it's very good, but I needed one that was simpler to complement it. Together, the Audubon guide and Mushrooms of the Northeast make it easier for me to ID what I've collected. Having said that, I would never consume a wild mushroom that I wasn't absolutely, positively, without-a-doubt sure it was safe -- which usually means my local mushroom expert has seen a good photo and/or has looked at it with her own eyes and ID'd it. In mushroom hunting, it is vital (meaning "life-saving") to know what you don't know about mushrooms IN NORTH AMERICA. (Asians and Europeans, take heed: Do not assume that what's safe in your native country is safe here.)
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Overall One Hell of a Book
by Jesrealy (4 out of 5 stars)
September 19, 2018

I love this little book. It fits in your pocket and it's ready to go when you are. It has the basics of mushroom identification and that fantastic. It would definitely be improved with the addition of a small section about trees. Afterall certain mushrooms are more likely to be found around certain hardwoods and softwoods. It also could be improved with a better section on LBM - little brown mushrooms as they can be difficult to identify without extensive knowledge.
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Really interesting guidebook
by M. 9 Fingers (5 out of 5 stars)
December 27, 2016

I hike once in a while, and I find mushrooms all over the place where I live in CT. I received this book for Christmas (bought here) and I was really pleased with the quality of this little reference book. The book is small. It is about the size of two decks of playing cards laid side-by-side. The pages are a beautiful. glossy finish with full color pictures on nearly every page. The information is accessible without being dumbed down too much, and there is a lot of good information about mushrooms in general to help you in identifying the species that you find. I look forward to using this book to ID some fungi.

Note: I have no intention of eating anything I find. If you want to find a natural source for edible mushrooms, there is good information in this book about what is, and is definitely not, edible. Remember that the number one warning in every book about eating wild shrooms is the same: learn from an expert, refer to multiple sources of identification (books, people, web-sites, etc.) and be really careful.
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Tiny Little Volume with Great Photos
by M. Gottlieb (5 out of 5 stars)
December 15, 2018

This is by far the most user-friendly book I've found on mushroom foraging. It's highly portable because it's so small, it's well-made, the pictures are glossy and clear, and every mushroom not only has a description including whether it's edible, but photos of look-alikes that could be toxic. This would be my first choice for novice foragers.
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Great photos, detailed descriptions, and easy-to-find key info
by Amazon Customer (5 out of 5 stars)
August 8, 2018

I love this book for using in the field. It's small and easy to carry; the pictures are clear; the information is useful, and each mushroom contains info on lookalikes, edibility, and other uses. I think it contains more (and more useful) info than most other field guides, but it would also be excellent to combine with other resources.

My only disappointment is that there aren't identical guides for other regions, like Kansas, as I split my time between a few places. I would instantly buy this guide for other regions as well.
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Great book for beginners
by Jeff (5 out of 5 stars)
April 18, 2019

This is actually the second time I've bought this book. I got it for myself then bought it for my nephew. It's full of good information on identification and habitat for a decent amount of mushrooms. Definitely a good book to have in your collection. A note tonew foragers, never use just one source to identify any wild edibles and if you have any doubts just don't eat it. Better safe than sorry.
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small but decently informative
by Amazon Customer (3 out of 5 stars)
October 8, 2019

For $15 I kind of expected a bigger book, somewhere around 600 species. This has less than 300. It's easy to read, the pictures are good...it has to have real pictures, not drawings. It's nice that's it's so small for in the field use, but I doubt I'd bring it because there's so few species. I have 6 identification books, and I recommend National Audubon Society field guide. 900 pages; much more worth the money.

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