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1 online resource (xiv, 210 pages) : color illustrations |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Tips for beginners : how to find, identify, and understand wild mushrooms -- Mushrooms grow everywhere. Here's how to start finding and identifying the best ones to eat, and how to bring them to the table -- Common and poisonous : a few toxic mushrooms -- Poisonous mushrooms grow everywhere in Illinois. Before you pick and eat any wild mushroom, learn to recognize toxic species -- Into the forest : mushrooms found with trees -- Edible mushrooms often grow on or around living and dead trees -- The morels : Morchella esculenta, Morchella elata, and Morchella semilibera -- The most popular wild mushrooms in Illinois look like a sea sponge. There are three basic morel species, plus several varieties -- The chanterelles : Cantharellus cibarius, Cantharellus lateritius, Craterellus cinnabarinus, Craterellus cornucopioides, and Craterellus foetidus -- Yellow, black, orange, and red : wildly popular chanterelles are a group of vase-shaped summer mushrooms that often grow near oaks -- The boletes : Xanthaconium separans, strobilomyces spp., and Gyroporus castaneus -- These terrestrial mushrooms have pores on the underside of the capitolo There are hundreds of bolete species; here are a few easy ones to identify -- The puffballs : Calvatia gigantea, Lycoperdon pyriforme, Lycoperdon perlatum, Calvatia cyathiformis, and Calvatia craniformis -- You can stomp on them when they're old, or eat them when they're fresh -- Take the field without getting hurt : Agaricus, Coprinus, Macrolepiota, and Lepiota. Wherever there's grass, look for these edible wild mushrooms -- Let's eat : recipes and advice for cooking wild mushrooms -- From simple fried morels to a champagne breakfast with fungi, fourteen great chefs from Illinois tell you how they get wild with mushrooms. |
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Print version record. |
| Subject |
Edible mushrooms -- Illinois -- Identification.
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Cooking (Mushrooms)
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NATURE -- Plants -- Mushrooms.
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Cooking (Mushrooms) (OCoLC)fst01754859
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Edible mushrooms. (OCoLC)fst01753575
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Illinois. (OCoLC)fst01205143
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Cooking (Mushrooms).
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Edible mushrooms -- Illinois -- Identification.
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Guidebooks. (OCoLC)fst01423871
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Mueller, Gregory M. (Gregory Michael)
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| Spine Title |
Edible wild mushrooms of Illinois and surrounding states |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780252076435 0252076435 (DLC) 2008040179 |
| ISBN |
0252094271 (electronic bk.) |
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9780252094279 (electronic bk.) |
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