The ultimate illustrated handbook on mushrooms. </p>

More than 1,000 handsome color photographs by Roger Phillips illustrate this comprehensive guide to mushrooms and other fungi of North America, in all their astonishing variety. </p>

Amateur collectors, expert mycologists and armchair naturalists will welcome the reissue of this valuable reference. </p>

Each photograph has a neutral background to eliminate distractions. The specimens are arranged to show the cap, stem, gills, spines, and a cross section, usually in various stages of growth. </p>

The information on each mushroom variety includes:

Dimensions of cap, gills and stem

Color and texture description of flesh

Description of odor and taste

Habitat and growing season

Description of spores

Categorization of edibility. </p>

Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America also includes useful tips and helpful advice on collecting specimens and identifying them. This book is the ideal introduction to mycology. </p>