Download or read book Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast written by Charles L. Fergus and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The northeastern United States is home to an enormous variety of mushrooms - some delicious, some deadly. This handy in-the-field guide offers identification information for some 50 mushrooms that mushroom hunters are most likely to encounter in the wild: Parasol Mushroom, Delicious Lactarius, Sulphur Shelf, Giant Puffball. It also features detailed photos illustrating the characteristics to look for when identifying mushrooms and natural history information - where they grow, when they appear, and the various forms they take. This handy identification guide features the "foolproof five" and includes a useful identification flowchart.