Plant Life category: 1095 books
Identifying Trees
An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2007
Unique identification guide is effective, filled with color photos, and easy to use in winter, spring, summer, and fall. Field-tested by forestry experts.
Mycophilia
Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
An incredibly versatile cooking ingredient containing an abundance of vitamins, minerals, and possibly cancer-fighting properties, mushrooms are among the most expensive and sought-after foods on the planet. Yet when it comes to fungi, culinary uses are only the tip of the iceberg. Throughout history...
Mushrooms
A comprehensive guide to mushroom identification
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
'Roger Phillips has written the best mushroom book I know.' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
The culmination of over thirty years' work, Roger Phillips's authoritative and superbly illustrated reference work is packed with the most up-to-date information and original photographs. The essential illustrated...
The Pocket Guide to Wild Mushrooms
Helpful Tips for Mushrooming in the Field
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
When you’re in the wild and you spot a nice-looking mushroom, how do you know if it is safe to eat? Question no more with the The Pocket Guide to Wild Mushrooms. This tiny companion is the perfect book to bring along when foraging for delectable fungi. Inside its neatly arranged pages are fifty-two...
by Nicholas P. Money
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
The variety of the mycological world is far greater than most people imagine. Tens of thousands of fungal species have been described and many more are known only from the abundance of their genes in soil and water. Fungi are hugely important as agents of wood decay in forests, and, as parasites,...
The Essential Guide to Growing Orchids
Cultivation of orchids in all tropical countries of the world
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
The Essential Guide to Growing Orchids in the Tropics is the first book on orchid cultivation to be written specifically for growers in tropical countries and to include advice on growing them in tropical lowlands and highlands, wet and dry climates, and in urban environments such as on balconies and...
by Patrick Harding
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
This one-stop practical guide will show you how to identify, pick and cook edible mushrooms. To make your progress easier, it comes in a handy format with colour photos and expert advice throughout. From identifying and picking edible mushrooms to growing your own mushrooms, from recipes for seasonal...
Field Guide to North American Truffles
Hunting, Identifying, and Enjoying the World's Most Prized Fungi
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
The second most expensive food in the world after saffron, truffles are treasured, coveted, and savored for their mysterious and exotic flavor. This complete field guide shows chefs and fungi aficionados how to forage for and identify the wide variety of truffles that grow in temperate forests throughout...
The Deerholme Mushroom Book
From Foraging to Feasting
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Expand your culinary knowledge of wild and cultivated mushrooms with this comprehensive cookbook by award-winning writer and chef Bill Jones. Learn from an acknowledged expert in the field of wild foods how to source mushrooms through foraging, shopping, and growing, and get a thorough overview of...
by Brian Spooner, Peter Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
A comprehensive account of the natural history of fungi, from their lifestyle, habitats and ecology to their uses for humans. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com How do we use fungi in medicine? How can we identify edible mushrooms? Brian Spooner and Peter Roberts are both widely respected...
Tricholomas of North America
A Mushroom Field Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
More than 100 mushrooms in the genus Tricholoma have been reported in North America. Most are relatively large, showy mushrooms that grow on the ground near many species of temperate forest trees, both hardwoods and conifers. They typically fruit from late summer through early winter or even into spring...
by Bloomsbury
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
This beautifully illustrated mini field guide is packed with information on 200 species of fungi found in Britain and the near Continent. The range covered demonstrates the incredible variety that exists within the world of fungi, from the better-known groups such as the boletes and russulas, to more...
by Roy Genders
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
This scarce antiquarian book contains a thoroughly comprehensive guide to mushroom growing, providing all the information anyone interested in such an endeavour could possibly desire. Aimed at the complete beginner, this text is the perfect handbook for helping budding amateurs establish and maintain...
by Robert Penn
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
The story of how one man cut down a single tree to see how many things could be made from it.
Out of all the trees in the world, the ash is most closely bound up with who we are: the tree we have made the greatest and most varied use of over the course of human history. One frigid winter morning,...