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The dichotomous keys are very useful, but you really have to squint and sit there blanketed by mosquitos to really follow the threads. It is semi-regional for the california-west coast of the us but contains many species found abroad. It has a section...  Read More

This is a most treasured shrooming book. I wish it was the hardcover, but i will laminate the cover pages to last longer.

Dm also includes diagrams of mushroom components and a short glossary. This book does a great job in describing the identification features and then providing a clear cut sequence of choices based on those features to lead you to the identification of...  Read More

A highly recommended book. More info than a couple college courses, its an absolute bargain and pretty much a masterwork. I knew this would be a great book as many authors cite it.

Mushrooms demystified is a thick book so maybe not ideal to carry with you in the field but it is light and has been useful for me when i go hiking and foraging. Everything and anything you will ever need to know about mushrooms are in this book. I lo...  Read More



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It starts at page 313, the pages are sideways, and it looks like a bad photocopy. Practically no color photos. Poor photos, for a prof.

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Quality


This is a great book with the best taxonomic key sequence that i have found yet


I wish that there was a book of this quality for the south east


This is primarily caorwabc book but im in the northeastern us and it still gets you there with the dichotomous key


Wish it was more illustrated concise it’s more scientific than practical for the lamen

Competitiveness


I am looking for a good field guide to southern ohio mushrooms now or even a more nonbiased general field guide

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  • This product had a total of 1,361 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 21 2023.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Because of its size it is not a book you want to stick in your pack when you go mushroom hunting so you might want a pocket size book for field identification


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The dichotomous keys are very useful but you really have to squint and sit there blanketed by mosquitos to really follow the threads


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Some of the keys will run you up against a wall if you dont have chemicals to test for reactions or a microscope so its not super forgiving to those who arent nicknamed the professor by their friends


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The cover is sticky looks like a label was removed


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I will try to clean it but will probably damage cover


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Not worth returning but definitely annoying


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    You can consider this book as the bibleofmushroomidentification


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The author continuously refers to our area and california constantly

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