Texas Mushrooms: A Field Guide (Corrie Herring Hooks Series) - Softcover

Metzler, Susan; Metzler, Van

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0292751265 ISBN 13: 9780292751262

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 2013

Synopsis

Hundreds of species of mushrooms flourish in Texas, from the desert and semiarid regions of West Texas to the moist and acid soils of East Texas, where species that can also be found in South America live alongside those that might be spotted in Malaysia and Europe. Texas Mushrooms was the first—and is still the only—guide to all of the state’s mushrooms.

This colorful, easy-to-follow book will surprise and delight uninitiated nature enthusiasts while also supplying the experienced mushroom hunter with expert identification information. Excellent color photographs and precise descriptions of over 200 species will enable the mushroom hunter—even the amateur—to make quick, careful, easy distinctions between the edible varieties and the potentially toxic ones. In addition, kitchen-tested recipes are included, along with charts giving spore sizes and a list of recommended further reading.

In Texas, mushroom hunting can be a year-round, state-wide activity, and with this enticing field guide, collecting, identifying, and preparing wild mushrooms will become an activity the entire family can enjoy while appreciating the beauty of Texas from a new and fascinating angle.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Excellent color photographs and precise descriptions of over 200 species will enable the mushroom hunter- even the amateur to make quick, careful. easy distinctions between the edible varieties and the potentially toxic ones.

About the Author:

Susan and Van Metzler have been hunting, photographing, and identifying Texas mushrooms for about forty years.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0292751265
• ISBN 13: 9780292751262
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360