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Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of New York - by Alan Bessette & Arleen Bessette (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • For amateur mycologists and foragers alike, the difference between a beautiful fungal find and a potentially toxic mushroom can be difficult to distinguish.
  • About the Author: Alan E. Bessette is a professional mycologist and distinguished emeritus professor of biology at Utica University.
  • 184 Pages
  • Nature, Plants

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Book Synopsis



For amateur mycologists and foragers alike, the difference between a beautiful fungal find and a potentially toxic mushroom can be difficult to distinguish. Updated and expanded nearly twenty years after its original publication, Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of New York, Second Edition is ideally suited to help readers of any experience level make quick and easy distinctions between edible species and the poisonous and unpalatable wild mushrooms of the region. Filled with photos and useful descriptions, this book provides key identifying features, spore characteristics, and a color key. The new edition adds more than thirty species not found in the previous volume, as well as updated terminology, making it the definitive guide to edible mushrooms in New York.

What's included:
--Information on edibility and toxicity
--Basic procedures for collecting and identification
--Updated nomenclature and taxonomy
--More than 80 color illustrations
--Recipes and instructions for preparing and preserving wild mushrooms



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Coverage includes edible species of New York, such as the boletes, chanterelles and their allies, coral fungi, gilled mushrooms, giant puffballs, hypomyces, morels, polypores, and tooth fungi; and the inedible and poisonous species amongst the boletes, false morels, and gilled.-- "Book News"



About the Author



Alan E. Bessette is a professional mycologist and distinguished emeritus professor of biology at Utica University. He has published numerous papers in the field of mycology and has authored or coauthored more than thirtybooks, including Boletes of Eastern North America, Second Edition; Waxcap Mushrooms of Eastern North America; and Milk Mushrooms of North America. Alan served both as a consultant for the New York State Poison Control Center and as the scientific adviser to the Mid York Mycological Society for more than twenty years.

Arleen R. Bessette is a retired psychotherapist as well as a mycologist and botanical photographer. She has published several papers in the field of mycology and has authored or coauthored more than twenty books, including Boletes of Eastern North America, Second Edition and Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States. Arleen has won several awards in the North American Mycological Association's annual photography competition.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .32 Inches (D)
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Plants
Genre: Nature
Number of Pages: 184
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Theme: Mushrooms
Format: Paperback
Author: Alan Bessette & Arleen Bessette
Language: English
Street Date: October 15, 2025
TCIN: 1003353196
UPC: 9780815611806
Item Number (DPCI): 247-48-8448
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.32 inches length x 6 inches width x 9 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1 pounds
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