How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying (An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms) by Frank Hyman

What a brilliant book. I loved reading it and it will be a great reference when we are out and about if we come across any fungi that we fancy having a try of. I don't need to worry about identifying puffballs as they grow in our garden, I am pleased to say.

It is a very attractive book to look at with good clear layout and photographs. It even includes guidance on the tools needed to go out and forage yourself.

The style and tone of the writing is easy to read and absorb. It is definitely not a boring text book and is one that many will find useful when out and about.

"Foragers have a saying: There are old mushroom hunters. There are bold mushroom hunters. But there are no old and bold mushroom hunters."

Thank you to NetGalley and Storey Publishing for approving me to read this book.

I received an e-ARC of this novel through NetGalley. I am delighted to provide a fair and honest review. NetGalley does not allow for paid reviews.  

5/5 Stars

Official description:

With the surging interest in foraging for mushrooms, those new to the art need a reliable guide to distinguishing the safe fungi from the toxic. But for beginner foragers who just want to answer the question “Can I eat it?”, most of the books on the subject are dry, dense, and written by mycologists for other mycologists.

Frank Hyman to the rescue! How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying is the book for anyone who walks in the woods and would like to learn how to identify just the 29 edible mushrooms they’re likely to come across. In it, Hyman offers his expert mushroom foraging advice, distilling down the most important information for the reader in colorful, folksy language that’s easy to remember when in the field. Want an easy way to determine if a mushroom is a delicious morel or a toxic false morel? Slice it in half – “if it’s hollow, you can swallow,” Hyman says. With Frank Hyman’s expert advice and easy-to-follow guidelines, readers will be confident in identifying which mushrooms they can safely eat and which ones they should definitely avoid.

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