254 pages

Chapters

Part One. Discovering Mycophagy

1. An introduction to the mushroom
2. Fundamentals of the hunt
3. What have you found?
4. The mycophagist's ten commandments
5. How to use this guide and beyond

Part Two. Forgotten Fruit: Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America

6. Chanterelles and similar mushrooms
7. Gilled mushrooms
8. Boletes
9. Tooth mushrooms
10. Coral-shaped, club-shaped, and cauliflower-shaped mushrooms
11. Shelflike mushrooms, puffballs, morels, and jelly fungi

Part Three. Poisonous Wild Mushrooms of North America

12. Mushroom Poisoning
13. Poisonous wild mushrooms

Part Four. Wild Mushrooms in the Kitchen

14. Preparing, preserving, and cooking wild mushrooms
15. Wild mushroom recipes

Glossary
Recommended Reading
Index