Field Book of Common Mushrooms, with a Key to Identification of the Gilled Mushrooms and Directions for Cooking Those That Are Edible (Putnam's Nature Field Books)

xx, 369 pp. Color frontispiece and plates. A popular guide to the knowledge and identification of common mushrooms (edible and poisonous) based on authoritative writings of the best American mycologists. A chapter describes the structure and natural methods of propagation of wild mushrooms. One hundred and sixty-four species are described in detail and the best methods of cooking the edible ones are treated. Includes a pocket key to agrarics and is full of color plates, half-tone plates, and line drawings. Glossary, general index, and index of botanical names follow text.