Required Reading: 13 Mushroom Books You Need To Have On Your Shelf 

There are several things to try choose the best variety - there are many available. grow them in the best conditions - some eg oyster muchrooms like cool humid conditions and may be placed outside (I read these and why they work from gregs mushroom grower site )

Totally agree, plus the scope of Radical Mycology is immense, ranging from the logistics of at-home cultivation to philosophy and alchemy. It took me probably a year to get through it, cover to cover, but I’m looking forward to doing it again with a few years of growing under my belt. I constantly reference it when I’m setting up new mushroom projects.

This is the one I was going to mention. Same Author as Mushrooms Demystified referenced frequently as abbreviated form MD in All that the rain promises and more. This smaller companion book is a field guide which narrows the scope to primarily mushrooms which are either edible or poisonous, or particularly common or interesting and focuses on mushrooms which grow in areas of the west coast of the USA. It is filled with entertaining stories from mushroom hunters, a few recipes and detailed information on where and when you can forage for edible mushrooms. While you won't find every mushroom you come across listed here, as it largely ignores inedible mushrooms, you will find pictures and detailed identification material for all edible mushrooms that grow in western US states. Also anything that will kill you or make you very sick, because that's necessary information when mushroom hunting.

I'd like a good book on dichotomous keys and learning to use/say all the names.

thanks for checking it out!!

I’ve looks at that book, but have hesitated as I am a very visual person and it seems that it’s in black and white and also written back in 1993 or something like that. I wasn’t sure if there were better techniques and such now and if that book was outdated.

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I have this book and it's a massive disappointment. Missing a lot of mushrooms for the area it's suppose to cover and his explanations on edibility are all over the place. Also he labeled Psilocybe thrausta as poisonous when in reality it is edible just not very palatable. It's also not psychoactive. Labeling it as Edible and Non-psychoactive would have been helpful. Makes me question his ability to correctly identify edibility on others. In an identification guide I would like to know uniform, concise (and accurate) information. Would not recommend. Mediocre at best.

basically, the scientific names change over time due to new classifications, and new, more efficient methods of cultivation and farming get developed.

hey there! we got that as a gift, I am honestly not sure where you can buy one online... best bet would be to try and connect with some Traditional Chinese Medicine shops in your local area if you have. I know one other person who got one like that, from a TCM shop in Vancouver Canada.

@@FreshCapMushrooms Is it carved from wood or an actual Reshi?

@@steveetienne its a reishi

Koenemonn Inc illustrated edition ^ I’ve noticed other books with that same title.

yes, for sure

Not bad,keep learning!

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