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A foraging field kit that starts with looking
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Books · Field Guides · Mushrooms
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms
Gary Lincoff & National Audubon Society · Updated August 2026
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Why it earned a place
More than 700 color photographs organized by form and color lead into descriptions of habitat, range, season, look-alikes, edibility, and folklore, making this an unusually deep day-pack reference.
- Best for
- Mushroom hunters, naturalists, foragers, students, and anyone comparing specimens across North American habitats
- Material / format
- Vinyl-bound paperback · 928 pages · ISBN 9780394519920
- Know before buying
- First published in 1981, so names, ranges, and taxonomy may have changed. Never eat a wild mushroom identified from one book, photograph, or app; use multiple current regional sources and an experienced local expert. Only five new supplier copies were available when checked
Price · checked August 18, 2026$56.67
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Selection notes
A dense, portable visual reference for the North American field.
Every product page combines practical reasoning, limitations, care, and the context needed to decide whether it belongs in your own kitchen, field kit, bookshelf, or home.
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