The mushroom book / by Thomas Læssøe, Gary Lincoff, Anna Del Conte ; photography by Neil Fletcher.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Laessøe, Thomas.

Contributor:

• Lincoff, Gary.
• Del Conte, Anna.
• Laurie Burrows Grad Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Mushrooms--Identification.
• Edible mushrooms--Identification.
• Mushrooms--Pictorial works.
• Mushrooms.
• Edible mushrooms.
• Edible mushrooms--Pictorial works.
• Cooking (Mushrooms).
• Cooking (Fungi).

Genre:

• Pictorial works.
• Field guides.
• Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

• Grad, Laurie Burrows (donor)

Physical Description:

256 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Other Title:

Subtitle on cover: How to identify, gather and cook wild mushrooms and other fungi

Place of Publication:

New York : DK Pub., 1996.

Summary:

Discover which wild mushrooms are good to eat - and which to avoid - with this unrivaled photographic field guide to the world of fungi. An authoritative fungi guide provides a quick identification source to more than 450 rare and common species, from the familiar pink-gilled field mushrooms and giant spongy puffballs to the infamous slimy stinkhorns and meaty bracket fungi. Noted mushroom expert Thomas Laessoe uses clear text plus close-up color photographs and intricate illustrations to show the appearance and growth habit of each species. Acclaimed Italian cooking writer Anna Del Conte reveals where and when to forage for edible fungi, and how to gather them. Her recipes will tempt you to transform wild mushroom finds into fungi feasts. With complete information on finding, identifying, gathering, and preparing edible mushrooms of every kind, this is a book no mushroom lover should be without.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Field guide to wild mushrooms
• Ascomycota
• Basidiomycota
• Cooking with wild mushrooms
• Recipes.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by Laurie Burrows Grad.

ISBN:

• 0789410737
• 9780789410733

OCLC:

34320440

Online:

Laurie Burrows Grad Collection Home Page