MUSHROOMING WITHOUT FEAR: THE UNIQUE SYSTEM OF POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION FOR THE MOST DELICIOUS COMMON MUSHROOMS. By Alexander Schwab.

(2011) 2022 3rd edition. 4to hardback (195 x 252mm). Pp159,ad. Excellent colour photographs of mushrooms throughout.

Pick what you know, know what you pick, leave anything else alone - Alexander Schwab introduces his "mushrooming with confidence method." Alexander Schwab's, Mushrooming With Confidence follows on from his Mushrooming Without Fear, "a mushrooming guide with a totally new, positive approach." This introduced raw beginners to mushroom gathering by describing, in great detail, twelve British species which were easiest to identify. In Mushrooming With Confidence, Alexander Schwab extends the reader's repertoire by including mushroom species which have gills, a group he specifically omits from his first instalment on the subject. What does 'edible' mean - Learn to leave a mushroom - Look-alike poisonous species - The tools of the trade - Worm-infested mushrooms - Cutting or pulling? - Raw mushrooms. Chapters include: What is a mushroom?; Gills, ridges, tubes and spines; Gills; Ridges; Gills and ridges in comparison; tubes; Spines; Positively identifying mushrooms; Mushrooms with gills - field mushroom, wood blewit, shaggy ink cap, parasol, shaggy parasol, oyster mushrooms, St. George's mushroom, charcoal burner, amethyst deceiver, sheathed woodtuft; Mushrooms with tubes - cep or penny bun bolete, red cracked bolete, dotted stemmed bolete, larch bolete, slippery jack, bay bolete, birch bolete; Mushrooms with ridges - chanterelle, trumpet chanterelle; Mushrooms with spines - hedgehog fungus; Mavericks - the morel, common puffball, hen of the woods, horn of plenty, cauliflower mushroom; Background - trees and mushrooms, handling, storage and cooking.