Mushrooms

A fascinating and enlightening celebration of mushrooms and the magic of the forest for those who revel in mushroom imagery and lore.

For readers of Entangled Life and The Hidden Life of Trees comes an illuminating account of the invisible fungi that share our world: from the air we breathe to the dust beneath our feet.

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 it eat it?, most of the books on the subject are dry, dense, and written by mycologists for other mycologists.

With more species of fungi than any other region in Canada, British Columbia is a rich playground for mushroom hunters. Now there?s Mushrooms of British Columbia, the newest handbook from the Royal BC Museum. It?s perfect for anyone wanting to know more about BC mushrooms?whether for study, harvest, photography or appreciation.

This book is the first comprehensive field guide to the mushrooms of the Northwest - that region which covers the area from Alaska to northern California and from Saskatchewan and Montana to the Pacific Coast. A total of 550 species are meticulously illustrated and dealt with in the text.