The first comprehensive guide to an extraordinary and highly prized group of mushrooms known for their beautiful colors, distinctive features, relative abundance, and edibility.
A comprehensive guide to this extraordinary and highly prized group of mushrooms known for their beautiful colors, distinctive features, relative abundance, and edibility.
The scope of North American Boletes goes beyond the identification of the species; it also encompasses the symbiotic relationship boletes share with trees and higher plants, their geographical distribution and new information regarding the macrochemical test reactions of boletes.
The book features:
New species descriptions
Easy-to-follow keys that emphasize macroscopic features for eastern and western North America
Nontechnical language and a glossary
Information on collecting, cooking, and preserving boletes
Alan E. Bessette is the author of numerous books, including Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States and Milk Mushrooms of North America: A Field Identification Guide to the Genus Lactarius.
William C. Roody is the author of numerous books, including Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States.
Arleen R. Bessette is the author of eleven books, including The Rainbow Beneath My Feet: A Mushroom Dyer’s Field Guide.
