The amateur mushroom folks out here in the West seem to prefer:
Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi
by David Arora
Go to Amazon.com for purchase information and a large number of user reviews.
Carpe diem
Don R. Reynolds
Curator, Mycology
Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley
1001 Valley Life Sciences Building 2465
Berkeley, CA 94720-2465 USA
ucjeps.berkeley.edu/main/directory.html
donreynolds from berkeley.edu
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> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 18:51:38 -0800 (PST)
> From: Sdraeger <seth.draeger from gmail.com>
> Subject: [Mycology] Western mushrooms
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>> My brother is a forest fire fighter out west and I thought I would get
> him a mushroom guide for Christmas. I came across a book called "A
> Field Guide to Western Mushrooms." but couldn't find a single review
> on it. Has anybody had any experience with this book?
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> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 18:53:37 -0800 (PST)
> From: Sdraeger <seth.draeger from gmail.com>
> Subject: [Mycology] Morels on Sycamore
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>> I have been trying to figure out what kind of mushroom would grow best
> on my sycamore tree, and I came across 1 mention of morels liking
> sycamores. Has anyone had any experience in this?
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