Getting to Know These Mushrooms
A small starting list, and the look-alikes worth knowing from day one.
6. Mushrooming: Identification, Edibility, and Caution
Essential fungi identification, edible varieties, common look-alikes, and safe practices.
How to Check If They're Okay to Eat
Larvae, firmness, and what to do once you're home.
How to Prepare Them
Cleaning, cutting, cooking, drying, and freezing.
Look-Alikes and How to Tell Them Apart
Paired carefully, not as a scary list.
Cooking and Preserving What You Find
Bringing a mixed harvest together.