Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast will help beginning and experienced mushroom hunters alike to find and identify mushrooms, from common to rare, delicious to deadly, and interesting to beautiful. This user-friendly reference covers coastal California from Monterey County to the Oregon border with full treatments of more than 750 species, and references to hundreds more. With tips on mushroom collecting, descriptions of specific habitats and biozones, updated taxonomy, and outstanding photography, this guide is far and away the most modern and comprehensive treatment of mushrooms in the region. Each species profile pairs a photograph with an in-depth description, as well as notes on ecology, edibility, toxicity, and look-alike species. Written by mushroom identification experts and supported by extensive field work, Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast is an indispensable guide for anyone curious about fungi.
Author
Noah Siegel
NOAH SIEGEL is one of the premier mushroom photographers in the nation. His work has appeared in FUNGI magazine and Mushroom, and he has lectured extensively across America. He serves as a trustee for the North East Mycological Federation and has studied fungi throughout North America, as well as in New Zealand and Australia.
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Christian Schwarz
CHRISTIAN SCHWARZ is a mushroom enthusiast, taxonomist, and citizen science advocate from Santa Cruz, California. He spends most of his time researching, teaching about, and photographing fungi. He also makes scientific collections of macrofungi, focused specifically on California and his home county in particular. He’s travelled in search of fungi throughout the United States, as well as Mexico, central America, Indonesia, and Europe.
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