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Snaggletooth
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Field Guides
#5420034 - 03/19/06 07:40 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Well I am braking down and I need to get a few field guides...I have way to many questions......
I am seeing mushroom left and right now that I have become more aware of there presence in my environment....there everywhere....
I think they might even be following me....lol
Anyway what are some recommendations, I stopped at a few book stores and they had none, so I assume that I need to order it.
I am looking for mushroom that would be present in the Western states area....central area if you know what i mean...
So what guides are you working with......
Oh yeah I found these while at work, growing under a Eucalyptus Tree...
 

 

Any thoughts and this should be the last time.........
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start with these.
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Snaggletooth
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You know I was going to post those but for got...there in Mycelium Running.......
Ok that helps.....thanks for the reassurance
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maybe this is more what you want. If so, P.M. me...
That mushroom looks like an Agrocybe.
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Snaggletooth
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PM.....
and YEAH......

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These are some of my books, but I took the picture a couple years ago and have traded one away and picked up some new ones since then.. Anyways, I'd go with Arora's guide probably.. and PMOTW if you want more than one. I have a copy of Mushrooms demystified, it is one of my favorites.
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I borrowed this book from a friend of mine about 2 years ago and have since lost touch with her. Its a very good read, lots of good info on the history, ID, and effects of psilocybin mushrooms.
I def. recomend it.
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Another vote for Mushrooms Demystified
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mjshroomer
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Alexander H. Smith's Field Guide to Western Mushrooms.
Also
Ammirati, Joseph F., James A. Traquair and Paul A. Horgen. 1985. Hallucinogens. Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northern United States and Canada. Minister of Supply and Services Canada. Catalogue #A54-3/30E. University of Minnesota Press. Minneapolis. see Chap. 12:185-220. Also see 1989 edition. A good reference and identification guide for edible, poisonous and entheogenic mushrooms in the Pacific Northwestern United States and B.C. Canada.. Included are numerous photographs of species common to this region.
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mjshroomer
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HEy Snaggletooth, as someone who has hitch-hiked across the U.S.A. 7 times between 1962 and 1967, I met the author of that hitch-hikers guide int he early to mid 1980s and he had me fill out a survey of my hitch-hiking adventures so i becvame part of the history behind that book.
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We have the same arsenal Eris.
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Snaggletooth
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mjshroomer,
I am very thankful to be able to stand on the shoulders of giants, thank you.
Ok I think I got the 'list' so it's off to place orders...
Now where should I spend my money.....I don't think I want to go through Cooperate America....I would rather spend it were it would count....
The only place that I can thing of is Fungi Perfecti....
Any suggestions.....
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mjshroomer
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Funghi Perfecti is corporate America.
Paul makes thousands of dollars off people every week with his books and with his expensive mushroom cultivation workshops. But where you want to spend money is up to you.
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wait, you mean he does all of this work - creates a product, and then sells it for a profit? Bastard!
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Snaggletooth
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ahahha yeah I know I was giggling to myself when I wrote that but other them them I don't know.....
Other then searching Google but then I only know of the cheapest, I would rather go somewhere that helps this community....
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If you don't want an author to benefit from your purchase of literature they have written, go to a used book store. They will receive no additional royalties from your purchase.
If you are looking to help this community you might want to checkout the marketplace and see if anyone has a spare copy for sale.
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eat the rich!
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Re: Field Guides [Re: georgeM]
#5423567 - 03/20/06 09:53 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Just go into Borders and look in the Gardening section. That's where I found mine. Or try Walden Books they have one of the field guides I have.
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xmush
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My border's has stamets Psil. mush of the world, and also his huge cultivation book. Also audubon, smithsonian, rogers (my favorite).
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Re: Field Guides [Re: xmush]
#5423766 - 03/20/06 10:33 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah I went to the ones near me but no luck, though I did not search that many of them yet.......
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West central U.S......hmmmm....are you lucky or what... to have the "BIBLE" of general field guides written and based on mushrooms in your own backyard (but not restricted to)....Mushrooms Demystified (Arora) as of course already mentioned....though based on U.S. west coast it has many references to eastern and southern occurring species and several possiblies of mushrooms that might occur....people from the top of Canada to the Keys and central U.S. hunt mushrooms with this one in hand though it can be a bit bulky but worth it.....I meet countless Western & Eastern European, Russian, (start out young in these places when the Boletes and Chanterelles they're picking are larger than they are at the time) Asian, Latin, and Antarticans who all own this book and use it in they're OWN COUNTRIES!!.....(the world now speaks english)....all the suggestions are phenominal as you can never have enough cross reference (to compare all the conflicting information) and pictures, pictures, pictures,....did I mention pics?....pictures can be worth a thousand descriptions sometimes....but only in conjuntion with the words....as Im sure your well aware....the bulk of your finds might not be nesseccarily what you set out for so some good general field guides are essential because alot of figuring out what you have is knowing what you DON'T have and a book more limited in its scope might not be as helpful with that.....another general reference type of field guide was mentioned was Hallucinogens. Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northern United States and Canada by Ammirati....prof. at U. of Washington....which shows you not only many of the types you might be looking for.....but also many of the similiar poison ones you're encountering now on your searches along with some of the incredible edibles which occur in your area....with pics....the 1986 version has dropped the "Hallucinogens" from the title and with less emphasis....of course you cant leave out Rogers or Audobon which is is crammed packed with pictures....tough as nails.....and can fit in your pocket....of course....all these were mentioned.....and though its tough... see if you can't hunt down (pardon the .........never mind) "Demystified" in the hard back (which might almost be impossible) as it was a limited edition in hardback and discontinued many years ago but the're still around.....but judging by your finding abilities im sure you'll come up with one some where....
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Snaggletooth
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Thanks for the info man 
Yeah finding the book is not an issue
But where O where to get them....
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