A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America (Peterson Field Guides) by Kent H. McKnight
A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America (Peterson Field Guides) by Kent H. McKnight
English | Feb 15, 1998 | ISBN: 0395421012, 0395910900 | 547 Pages | PDF | 23,9 MB
English | Feb 15, 1998 | ISBN: 0395421012, 0395910900 | 547 Pages | PDF | 23,9 MB
More than 1,000 species of mushrooms described in detail. Over 700 paintings and drawings reveal subtle field marks that cannot be captured into photographs.
This field guide is nearly twenty years old, but there are so few field guides to fungi that it still remains a standard reference. Like all Peterson field guides, it is handy and compact and can easily be taken into the field and pored over with the mushrooms in their wild habitat. The text is detailed and accurate and a "similar species" section is very useful. However, this guide uses painted plates whereas amateurs generally find it easier to identify fungi by photographs. I personally find photographs more accurate, but enjoy paintings in their own right. In this case the paintings are pleasing and quite faithful.