Mushrooms

In the first of an exciting new River Cottage Handbook series, mycologist John Wright explains the ins and outs of collecting, including relevant UK laws, conservation notes, practical tips and identification techniques. He takes us through the 72 species we are most likely to come across during forays in Britain's forests and clearings: old friends the Chanterelle and Cep, as well as a whole colourful host of more unfamiliar names - edible species including the Velvet Shank, the Horn of Plenty, the Amethyst Deceiver, the Giant Puffball and the Chicken in the Woods, and poisonous types such as the Sickener, the Death Cap and the Destroying Angel. The handbook is completed by more than 30 simple and delicious mushroom recipes from the River Cottage team. With colour photographs throughout, line drawings, a user-friendly Key and an introduction by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, The River Cottage Mushroom Handbook is a comprehensive and collectable guide, destined to be an indispensable household reference.

Short-listed for Guild of Food Writers Awards: Jeremy Round Award for the Best First Book 2008

'The best guide to gathering and eating wild mushrooms there has ever been' Independent

John Wright has been introducing nervous people to the world of mushroom hunting since 1994. He has accompanied Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on several mushroom hunts for the River Cottage TV series, and has become a regular lecturer and guide at River Cottage HQ.

This handy pocket-sized book is packed with useful information, from mushroom biology and taxonomy to practical tips and identification techniques, accompanied by clear diagrams, line drawings and colour photographs throughout. John Wright introduces The River Cottage Magic Seven Challenge , a great first test that will inspire everyone to get foraging. He describes and distinguishes more than sixty of the species we are most likely to come across during forays in Britain's forests and clearings: old friends the Chanterelle and Cep, as well as a whole colourful host of more unfamiliar names - such as the Horn of Plenty, the Amethyst Deceiver and the Destroying Angel.....Introduced by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, this beautifully produced handbook is completed by more than thirty simple and delicious mushroom recipes from the River Cottage team, making it a comprehensive and user friendly guide destined to be an indispensable household reference.

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