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From field to table: Finding, Identifying, Preparing, and Cooking Wild Edible Mushrooms in Oregon, From oyster mushrooms, giant puffballs, and shaggy manes to white chanterelles, king boletes, and wood ears, Foraging Mushrooms Oregon guides readers to the edible and useful wild mushrooms of The Beaver State. Organized by families, this book is an authoritative guide for nature lovers, outdoors enthusiasts, and gastronomes. This guide also includes: Full-color photos, Expert advice and color photo comparisons to help separate edible mushrooms from toxic look-alikes, Tools, techniques, and foraging etiquette, Recipes to prepare at home and on the trail

ISBN-13: 9781493026692

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Falcon Guides

Publication Date: 05-01-2017

Pages: 168

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

Series: Foraging Series

Jim Meuninck is a biologist and counselor who, for more than thirty years, has studied the use of wild plants as food and medicine in North America, Europe, Central America, Japan, and China. He lives on the shores of Eagle Lake, in Edwardsburg, Michigan.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii

Introduction ix

How to Use This Guide xii

1 Chanterelles 1

Pacific Golden Chanterelle 2

White Chanterelle 5

Blue Chanterelle 7

Black Trumpet 10

Winter Chanterelle 12

Pig's Ear 14

Lobster Mushroom 16

2 Boletes 18

King Bolete 20

Red Cracked Bolete 23

Admirable Bolete 24

Aspen Bolete 26

3 Morels and Inedible False Morels 28

Morels 29

Black Morel 29

Yellow Morel 29

Half-Free Cap Morel 29

Inedible False Morels 34

4 Puffballs 35

Western Giant Puffball 36

Giant Puffball 38

Gem Puffball 40

Pear-Shaped Puffball 42

5 Polypores 45

Artist's Conk 46

Chicken of the Woods 48

Turkey Tail 51

Resinous Polypore 53

Reishi 55

Agarikon 57

6 Tooth Fungi 59

Conifers Bear's Head 60

Lion's Mane 62

Hedgehog 64

Belly Button Hedgehog 66

7 Jelly Fungi 69

Wood Ears 70

Alpine Jelly Cone (Gumdrops) 73

Fan-Shaped Jelly Fungus 74

8 Coral Fungi 77

Spring Coral 78

Crown Coral 80

9 Gilled Mushrooms 82

Shaggy Mane 83

10 Pleurotaceae 86

Oyster Mushrooms 87

11 Russulaceae 91

Candy Cap 92

Saffron Milk Cap 94

12 Tricholomataceae 96

Fried Chicken Mushroom 97

Matsutake 100

Wood Blewit 102

13 Agaricaceae 105

Meadow Mushroom 106

Prince 108

14 From the Market and Rare in the Oregon Wild 110

Chaga 111

Maitake 113

Portobello 116

Enokitake 118

Shiitake 120

15 Inedible, Toxic, and Hallucinogenic Mushrooms 122

Amanitas 123

Clitocybes 125

Russuiales 126

Lactarius 127

Pholiotas 128

Mycenas 129

Cortinarius 130

Little Brown Mushrooms 131

Appendices 133

A Mushroom Recipes 133

B Grow Your Own Mushrooms 133

C Other Growing and Gathering Resources 134

D Recommended Books 135

E Bibliography 136

F Photo Credits 145

Index 147

About the Author 149