Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast

Handy in-the-field identification guideFeatures the "Foolproof Five"Includes a useful identification flowchart

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 photographs 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.

Handy in-the-field identification guide

Features the "foolproof five"

Includes a useful identification flowchart

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 photographs 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.

C. Leonard Fergus was a mycology professor at Pennsylvania State University. Charles Fergus is the author of Trees of Pennsylvania (0-8117-2092-6), Wildlife of Pennsylvania (0-8117-2899-4), Natural Pennsylvania (0-8117-2038-1), and a host of other books about the natural world.

Charles Fergus has written numerous books about wildlife and the outdoors. He lives in the Green Mountains of Vermont.

C. Leonard Fergus was a mycology professor at Pennsylvania State University.