Edible Mushrooms: The Complete Guides to Edible Mushrooms, Safe Use, Health Benefits, Identification and Cultivation

An up-to-date, comprehensive and brilliantly illustrated book on fungi foraging in Britain and Europe. It covers every known edible species, and all the poisonous groups, as well as a few very common species and a handful of mushrooms included for their interesting or unusual characteristics.- Identify edible and poisonous mushrooms.- Distinguish between 'looklike' species.- Know when is the best time and place to hunt for each species.- Identify edible species which should be left alone because they are threatened.Perfect for all ability levels - from absolute beginner to the experienced fungi forager who'd like to become an expert. Each edible species is ranked according to its difficulty/danger level, so beginners can start with the easiest ones, while experienced foragers can learn how to safely forage for the trickier species that other mushroom foraging guides leave out.