Description: Mushrooms is your guide to familiar, widespread North American species. This beautifully illustrated, laminated, 12-pocket folding guide highlights over 60 edible and 14 poisonous species and includes tips on identifying and harvesting wild mushrooms. Ideal for foragers, citizen science and outdoor education programs.
Brief description: Zoologist Jim Kavanagh has made a career out of introducing novices to plants, animals, the sciences and world cultures. In addition to creating over 500 simplified nature guides, he has also authored guides to languages, cities and outdoor skills. An avid traveler and backpacker, Kavanagh's path has taken him around the world to many remote destinations including the upper Amazon, Africa, Australia, and the Arctic Circle (and this is just the As). He is also the author of a series of state-specific guides to common species and natural attractions and a children's book on evolution.
Review Quotes: "Pocket Naturalist guides are to nature-loving backpackers what Cliffs Notes are to teens trying to navigate Shakespeare: essential."-- "Backpacker Magazine"