Mushrooms of the Northeast: A Simple Guide to Common Mushrooms (Mushroom Guides)

This is a handy book, convenient for taking with you in a backpack if you wanted. It's laid out very well for looking up mushrooms, good information. It is not meant to be a completely comprehensive book - that would be too large and heavy. It suits me very well as an amateur mushroom hunter!

This is a surprisingly good guide for such a small book (genuinely pocket sized). Photos are high quality & show key characteristics. Similar species are discussed, often with smaller photos. Taxonomy is updated. The Top Edible and Top Toxics sections are clever & useful. I wouldn't depend solely on this for identification (I don't depend on any single guide for mushroom identification), but this is the best small book for Northeastern mushrooms and is the one I now always take with me in the field. There are several more detailed guides that include more species (and you should have them), but they are much larger and heavier (I've learned to carry as little as I can in the field), and, although very helpful for identifying collected mushrooms at home, are often too cumbersome in the field. Marrone & Sturgeon achieved a fine balance between conciseness, detail, and coverage in a tidy little user-friendly package. One addition I'd make would be to include a strong warning about small Lepiota mushrooms in the Top Toxics section - some are deadly poisonous, but this is rarely mentioned in any mushroom guides.

Good book, very informative, good size. Not too small not too big not too heavy not too light. It’s just right.

Great beginner book. Photos are excellent quality. Descriptions are well-written. My biggest criticisms are that the print is extremely small and there's inconsistent labeling of toxic or not. Each beginning photo should have the toxic or edible symbol. It would make it easier to decipher.

this is a small field guide, nice quality paper, lots of clear fotos, and they have a section on wild edible mushrooms, and ones which are toxic. That's what I want to know, easily ! it could have used the symbol for edible and toxic more through out the book, sometimes u have to read about the mushroom to figure out if it is or isn't edible, and they could have saved me a lot of time and effort, just tell me!! so the book does need improvements, like most all of the books, I want a listing in the index which are edible and which are toxic or non-edible, since they are ones that no one wants, at least not me!! and the common name for them should be listed too, so I can find it easily, all books have this problem. so if u don't know what it is, DON"T EAT IT !! or ur not sure, DON"T EAT IT!! I would like to see if they have a book like this for other areas, I think it is a very good book. No e-mail is included to talk to the authors either, it should have that. the publishers name and number is printed, but no e-mail for them either! good luck !

reads very well and authors have done well in descriptions and the safety reminders to keep your head into what you are doing.

This book has tons of info! great references and so many pics of different types of mushrooms in different stages even... really a gem! I recommend it to any friends that want to start foraging in local woods. I learned so much from it. just try not to lose it. lol. I now own 3 copies (ops) because one got slightly wet on a foray and 1 was lost in the house and I can't be without it! I may have to tie one to my mushroom basket! hmmmm. maybe they should put a little ring into the corner of a book so I can attach it to the basket. or if the book would be bound on rings. lol. it's a really really good book. worth every penny!!! and more

I hike once in a while, and I find mushrooms all over the place where I live in CT. I received this book for Christmas (bought here) and I was really pleased with the quality of this little reference book. The book is small. It is about the size of two decks of playing cards laid side-by-side. The pages are a beautiful. glossy finish with full color pictures on nearly every page. The information is accessible without being dumbed down too much, and there is a lot of good information about mushrooms in general to help you in identifying the species that you find. I look forward to using this book to ID some fungi. Note: I have no intention of eating anything I find. If you want to find a natural source for edible mushrooms, there is good information in this book about what is, and is definitely not, edible. Remember that the number one warning in every book about eating wild shrooms is the same: learn from an expert, refer to multiple sources of identification (books, people, web-sites, etc.) and be really careful.

My husband is a fervent mushroomer, and he is thrilled with this book--the pocket size makes it the perfect companion to carry into the woods. The information is presented in a easy to access way, from Choice mushrooms to poison. It has nice, durable pages and lots of excellent colour photos. If you like mushrooms and want to know more about them, buy this little book which is big on information!

Very clear color pictures, great size to fit in my backpack.

Nice photos, easy to carry. Best for novice, I use a field book for kids.

A very nice little pocket guide for beginners. I wish it had a little more information....Great place to start but you will need a more comprehensive guide in the future...Beautifully illustrated...Nice color coded key that separates types as well as edible verses inedible or poisonous...

this is a great reference book of mushrooms.