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Mushrooms of Northeast North America
Midwest to New England,
by George Barron
Recommended by Tamarack Song

      This is a user friendly book with over 600 species and all of them are well-illustrated. The pictures are big, the descriptions short, and the keys simple (honest!). There are over 200 thumbnail images in color that help to get you where you want to go quickly. The book is compact and can easily be carried in a backpack without wearing you down.

      The different groups of fungi are color coded for rapid access and the pages have rounded corners that don't get dog-eared (page flippers will be especially grateful for this feature). The fungi are photographed in natural surroundings and the pictures are very good to excellent. There are over 20 species of slime molds described. Slime molds are interesting (to some), attractive, and seldom illustrated in other books.

      All the fungi in the book are found between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic coast. Most other books contain large numbers of species from the west and the south that don't fruit in the northeast and this is confusing.

      This book is a wonderful field guide. Every picture is large and in vivid color, not like many books that that have small or unclear pictures. This detail makes distinguishing similar mushrooms simple, and if you are still confused, Mr. Barron's simple laid-back notes on each will correct any confusion. The book has user friendly color coded sections. There is even extra information on edible and toxic mushrooms. Overall, there is no better book on the market today to identify mushrooms, period. Although Mr. Barron is an expert on this subject and has a Ph.D in mycology, he is a master at keeping it simple. Paperback. 336 pages. Lone Pine Publishing

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