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Gran Leon Books - Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi
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List Price: $39.95
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Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 589.222309794
EAN: 9780898151695
ISBN: 0898151694
Label: Ten Speed Press
Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1020
Publication Date: 1986-09
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Studio: Ten Speed Press
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Editorial Reviews:
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Simply the best and most complete mushroom field guide and reference book, with over 950 photographs.
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Summary: Mushroom's are still a mystery...
Comment: For people interested in shroom hunting, this book is great. I only wish it contained more color photos. For people of the Pacific Northwest, I am told that the 1st edition is more area specific, and I think I'll buy me a used copy.
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Summary: For Western US only
Comment: At first glance this little gem of a guide seems to cover most world-wide species of mushrooms. But, its not until you begin to read the preface that you realize that this guide is for only the Western US, specifically California. Being in Belgium, I dont see many of these mushrooms mentioned around. But it a great book and explains in great detail the bio-sheres where mushrooms can be found. My only negaive is the lack of color plates to describe particular varieties. Black and white plates do not cut it in the mushroom world.
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Summary: Mushrooms demystified?
Comment: If I were a beginner, I would have been totally confused by this book. The problem comes from the dichotomous keys. They can be confusing and lead you in the totally wrong direction. The author says up-front, that there are several reasons you can be lead astray by the keys, mainly user error. Well, the keys are only as good as they are written. After having said the keys are confusing, the rest of the information provided in the book is quite good and very detailed. I wish there were more color photos to go along with the descriptions. Yes, there are over 800 photos, but most of them are black and white. It is difficult to compare detail of an actual mushroom in the hand with a black and white photo. Overall, I would say this is a good book to have in your collection, but I would not depend on this book for identification.
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Summary: Excellent book with loads of good info
Comment: This is a very good reference book with tons of information. It is well written and easy to use.
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Summary: Great Book!
Comment: Anybody who knows anything about mushrooms will most likely have this book! This book tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about mushrooms, including regional lore and legends about the mushrooms. This book is also very good for identifying mushrooms. has something like 300 color pics in which at least one of the mushrooms in those pics will resemble the one you want to identify and point you in the right direction. the keys in the front of each section are also very useful for identification.
it would be nice, however, to have more pictures. i also have Audubon field guide for the pictures and for the small size for a field guide. its a good combo. i look through the pics of the Audubon and read the short description and then i look that up in arora's book for a much more detailed description and to compare with other similar species.
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