All That the Rain Promises and More...
A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms
by David Arora · first published 1991
100% recommend
An illustrated guide to identifying 200 Western mushrooms - whether edible, poisonous, or medicinal - by their key features. "In leafing through these pages, you may wonder what all the 'fanciful,' 'foolish,' or (shudder) 'extraneous' material is doing in a factual guide. After all, it is the practical, hands-on, how-to-identify information that makes this book useful and gives it substance. But I ask: is it any stranger or less desirable to sprinkle the facts with flakes of fancy than it is to liven up solemn, substantial fare like potatoes with something fancier and more flavorful, li
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Hot takes aside, if you're looking for great foraging books, I'd suggest anything by David Arora, such as "All That the Rain Promises and More" and "Mushrooms Demystified". The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms is, of course, pretty good too. Outside of identification, "Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares"…
on “Mushroom pickers urged: Avoid Amazon foraging books, appear to be written by AI” ↗"All that the Rain Promises and More" by David Arora is a good place to start. But I'd recommend that you go out with your local mycological society to make sure you're identifying them correctly before you try eating any. Me personally,…
on “Top Russian rocket scientist dies from ‘mushroom poisoning’” ↗For a more positive outlook on why people get enthusiastic about mushrooms, I recommend the amazing book "All That The Rain Promises And More...", which has probably the best cover of a non-fiction book I've ever seen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_That_the_Rain_Promises_and....
on “I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006)” ↗came here to suggest "All That the Rain Promises and More". it's a fantastic book with spore identification as well. thanks to that book, I've eaten ~10 additional fungi that I would not have eaten before, and they were all quite delicious. also, thanks to…
on “Mushroom pickers urged: Avoid Amazon foraging books, appear to be written by AI” ↗