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A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America (Peterson Field Guide) | 
| Authors: Kent H. McKnight, Vera B. McKnight
Brand: Liberty Mountain
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Media: Paperback
Edition: Rei Sub
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Pages: 448
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Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 4.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0395910900
Dewey Decimal Number: 579.6097
UPC: 046442910903
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ASIN: 0395910900
Publication Date: February 15, 1998
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 Still a standard field guide to fungi November 21, 2005
Christopher J. Sharpe (Caracas, Venezuela)
56 out of 56 found this review helpful
This field guide is nearly twenty years old, but there are so few field guides to fungi that it still remains a standard reference. Like all Peterson field guides, it is handy and compact and can easily be taken into the field and pored over with the mushrooms in their wild habitat. The text is detailed and accurate and a "similar species" section is very useful. However, this guide uses painted plates whereas amateurs generally find it easier to identify fungi by photographs. I personally find photographs more accurate, but enjoy paintings in their own right. In this case the paintings are pleasing and quite faithful.
Although this guide should be on every mushroom enthusiast's shelves, a better beginners guide might be Roger Phillips' photographic book which has now appeared in a revised edition (on Amazon.com: ISBN 1554071151). Phillips provides 1000 photographs compared to this guide's 700 illustrations. However, Phillips is rather large to take into the field except in a backpack. Bear in mind that no fungus guide is comprehensive - each treats a selection of species - so it is wise to have a good selection in order to be in with a chance of correct identification.
So, until a compact photographic guide to fungi appears, this tried and tested Peterson guide will continue to fill a niche in the mushroom hunter's library.
mushrooms fieldguide January 7, 2010
A. J. Davis
i used this book so far only in the fall. it was really good and helped me identify several different types. most were poisonous. this can be expected in the area and season i searched. i look forward to searching more in the spring. a great fieldguide with color illustrations.
mushroom field guide July 4, 2000
michael t. fleming (pocatello, id United States)
44 out of 49 found this review helpful
I found this book to be well illustrated. And although not as comprehensive as i'd hoped, it is still the most complete guide I have found. Overall, I feel it is well above average--and I'm quite hard to please!
If you are beginning, start with this one. October 21, 2007
J. Rapp (Columbia, MO)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
We own several different guides. Each has it's own strength. I recommend this as the first guide for those beginning to identify MR/Fungi. It covers most of the basic MR/Fungi family, but is not encylopedic as Arora's 'Mushrooms Demystified' attempts to be, nor does it have the number of color photographs that either the Falcon Guide 'North American Mushrooms' or Audubon's Field Guide. But it's one of the easiest to use beginning with 48 (mostly color) plates, then branching off into related species.
2nd best mushroom book February 23, 2006
C. B. Main (vermont)
13 out of 17 found this review helpful
The pictures in this guide are not quite as nice as in the audubon version but is still easy to use and a nice handy size for carrying in a pocket
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