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Field Notes from a Fungi Forager

An Illustrated Journey Through the World of Pacific Northwest Mushrooms

Author Ashley Rodriguez
Illustrated by Libby England
Hardcover
$22.95 US
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0"W x 0"H x 0"D   | 20 oz | 12 per carton
On sale Oct 15, 2024 | 176 Pages | 978-1-63217-536-6
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This gorgeously illustrated compendium is a love letter to mushrooms—and to the Pacific Northwest.

From evergreen forests shrouded in mist to the urban backyards of Seattle, mushrooms are everywhere in the Pacific Northwest if you know how to look. Here, forager-chef and forest therapy guide Ashley Rodriguez provides an evocative and personal survey of 50 of the most fantastic mushrooms to be found in the region. This book includes the famous Morchella (morel) and Cantharellus (chanterelle) as well as lesser-known species, like the blueish purple Clitocybe nuda (wood blewit) which smells like frozen orange juice, and Hydnellum peckii (Bleeding tooth fungus), which oozes brilliant red droplets that are widely used as a natural dye. Through the lens of these humble fungi, the interconnectedness of all living things comes into focus.
Here you’ll find:
  • An introduction to mushrooms in the Northwest landscape.
  • Best practices for mushroom foraging and appreciation.
  • 50 mushroom profiles, includes information about each mushroom’s appearance (plus scientific illustrations of each species), what distinguishes them from other species, how they have been used throughout different cultures and lore, and personal field notes from the forest floor.
  • The most prized edible species are paired with mouthwatering sidebars about ways to use that mushroom in the kitchen. 
Infused with a forager-chef's love of edible mushrooms as well as the reverence of an eco-spiritual guide, this fully illustrated book is as much a treat to read as is to look at.
ASHLEY RODRIGUEZ is a Seattle-based author, cooking instructor, food photographer, writer, partner, and mother of three children. She is the co-creator and host of James Beard Award-nominated outdoor cooking adventure series Kitchen Unnecessary, and the top food blog notwithoutsalt.com. She is the author of three cookbooks, and is a certified Nature and Forest Therapy guide. When not eating (or talking and writing about food), Ashley loves to be foraging, fly fishing, or hunting, and spending as much time outside as possible.

LIBBY ENGLAND is an artist whose work celebrates nature through both an analytical and spiritual lens.
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Land Acknowledgment
Disclaimer
Introduction

·      Agaricus augustus (the prince, page 000)
·      Aleuria aurantia (orange peel fungus, page 000)
·      Amanita muscaria (fly agaric, page 000)
·      Amanita phalloides (death cap, page 000)
·      Armillaria ostoyae (dark honey fungus, page 000)
·      Auricularia americana (wood ear, page 000)
·      Boletus edulis (the king, page 000)
·      Calvatia sculpta (sculpted puffball, page 000)
·      Cantharellus formosus (golden chanterelle, page 000)
·      Cantharellus subalbidus (white chanterelle, page 000)
·      Chlorociboria aeruginascens (blue-stain fungus, page 000)
·      Coprinus comatus (shaggy mane, page 000)
·      Craterellus cornucopioides (black trumpet, page 000)
·      Craterellus tubaeformis (winter chanterelle, page 000)
·      Dacrymyces chrysospermus (witch’s butter, page 000)
·      Fistulina hepatica (beefsteak polypore, page 000)
·      Fomitopsis pinicola (red-belted conk, page 000)
·      Ganoderma applanatum (artist’s conk, page 000)
·      Ganoderma oregonense (reishi, page 000)
·      Geastrum saccatum (earthstar, page 000)
·      Gomphus clavatus (pig’s ears, page 000)
·      Gyromitra esculenta (false morel, page 000)
·      Hericium abietis (bear’s head, page 000)
·      Hydnellum peckii (bleeding tooth, page 000)
·      Hypomyces lactifluorum (lobster mushroom, page 000)
·      Lactarius rubidus (candy cap, page 000)
·      Laetiporus conifericola (chicken of the woods, page 000)
·      Lepista nuda (wood blewit, page 000)
·      Leucangium carthusianum (Oregon black truffle, page 000)
·      Tuber gibbosum and Tuber oregonense (Oregon white truffle, page 000)
·      Marasmius oreades (fairy ring mushroom, page 000)
·      Morchella eximia, sextelata, and exuberans (fire morels, page 000)
·      Morchella snyder (mountain black morel, page 000)
·      Mycena haematopus (bleeding fairy helmet, page 000)
·      Nidula candida (bird’s nest fungi, page 000)
·      Omphalotus olearius (jack o’lantern, page 000)
·      Phaeolus schweinitzii (dyer’s polypore, page 000)
·      Phallus impudicus (common stinkhorn, page 000)
·      Pleurocybella porrigens (angel wing, page 000)
·      Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom, page 000)
·      Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (cat’s tongue, page 000)
·      Psilocybe semilanceata (liberty cap, page 000)
·      Ramaria botrytis (pink-tipped coral, page 000)
·      Russula brevipes (short-stemmed brittlegill, page 000)
·      Sparassis radicata (cauliflower mushroom, page 000)
·      Trametes versicolor (turkey tail, page 000)
·      Tricholoma murrillianum (matsutake, page 000)
·      Xerocomellus atropurpureus (deep purple bolete, page 000)

Resources
Acknowledgments
Index

Photos

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About

This gorgeously illustrated compendium is a love letter to mushrooms—and to the Pacific Northwest.

From evergreen forests shrouded in mist to the urban backyards of Seattle, mushrooms are everywhere in the Pacific Northwest if you know how to look. Here, forager-chef and forest therapy guide Ashley Rodriguez provides an evocative and personal survey of 50 of the most fantastic mushrooms to be found in the region. This book includes the famous Morchella (morel) and Cantharellus (chanterelle) as well as lesser-known species, like the blueish purple Clitocybe nuda (wood blewit) which smells like frozen orange juice, and Hydnellum peckii (Bleeding tooth fungus), which oozes brilliant red droplets that are widely used as a natural dye. Through the lens of these humble fungi, the interconnectedness of all living things comes into focus.
Here you’ll find:
  • An introduction to mushrooms in the Northwest landscape.
  • Best practices for mushroom foraging and appreciation.
  • 50 mushroom profiles, includes information about each mushroom’s appearance (plus scientific illustrations of each species), what distinguishes them from other species, how they have been used throughout different cultures and lore, and personal field notes from the forest floor.
  • The most prized edible species are paired with mouthwatering sidebars about ways to use that mushroom in the kitchen. 
Infused with a forager-chef's love of edible mushrooms as well as the reverence of an eco-spiritual guide, this fully illustrated book is as much a treat to read as is to look at.

Author

ASHLEY RODRIGUEZ is a Seattle-based author, cooking instructor, food photographer, writer, partner, and mother of three children. She is the co-creator and host of James Beard Award-nominated outdoor cooking adventure series Kitchen Unnecessary, and the top food blog notwithoutsalt.com. She is the author of three cookbooks, and is a certified Nature and Forest Therapy guide. When not eating (or talking and writing about food), Ashley loves to be foraging, fly fishing, or hunting, and spending as much time outside as possible.

LIBBY ENGLAND is an artist whose work celebrates nature through both an analytical and spiritual lens.
Ashley Rodriguez View titles by Ashley Rodriguez
Libby England View titles by Libby England

Table of Contents

Land Acknowledgment
Disclaimer
Introduction

·      Agaricus augustus (the prince, page 000)
·      Aleuria aurantia (orange peel fungus, page 000)
·      Amanita muscaria (fly agaric, page 000)
·      Amanita phalloides (death cap, page 000)
·      Armillaria ostoyae (dark honey fungus, page 000)
·      Auricularia americana (wood ear, page 000)
·      Boletus edulis (the king, page 000)
·      Calvatia sculpta (sculpted puffball, page 000)
·      Cantharellus formosus (golden chanterelle, page 000)
·      Cantharellus subalbidus (white chanterelle, page 000)
·      Chlorociboria aeruginascens (blue-stain fungus, page 000)
·      Coprinus comatus (shaggy mane, page 000)
·      Craterellus cornucopioides (black trumpet, page 000)
·      Craterellus tubaeformis (winter chanterelle, page 000)
·      Dacrymyces chrysospermus (witch’s butter, page 000)
·      Fistulina hepatica (beefsteak polypore, page 000)
·      Fomitopsis pinicola (red-belted conk, page 000)
·      Ganoderma applanatum (artist’s conk, page 000)
·      Ganoderma oregonense (reishi, page 000)
·      Geastrum saccatum (earthstar, page 000)
·      Gomphus clavatus (pig’s ears, page 000)
·      Gyromitra esculenta (false morel, page 000)
·      Hericium abietis (bear’s head, page 000)
·      Hydnellum peckii (bleeding tooth, page 000)
·      Hypomyces lactifluorum (lobster mushroom, page 000)
·      Lactarius rubidus (candy cap, page 000)
·      Laetiporus conifericola (chicken of the woods, page 000)
·      Lepista nuda (wood blewit, page 000)
·      Leucangium carthusianum (Oregon black truffle, page 000)
·      Tuber gibbosum and Tuber oregonense (Oregon white truffle, page 000)
·      Marasmius oreades (fairy ring mushroom, page 000)
·      Morchella eximia, sextelata, and exuberans (fire morels, page 000)
·      Morchella snyder (mountain black morel, page 000)
·      Mycena haematopus (bleeding fairy helmet, page 000)
·      Nidula candida (bird’s nest fungi, page 000)
·      Omphalotus olearius (jack o’lantern, page 000)
·      Phaeolus schweinitzii (dyer’s polypore, page 000)
·      Phallus impudicus (common stinkhorn, page 000)
·      Pleurocybella porrigens (angel wing, page 000)
·      Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom, page 000)
·      Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (cat’s tongue, page 000)
·      Psilocybe semilanceata (liberty cap, page 000)
·      Ramaria botrytis (pink-tipped coral, page 000)
·      Russula brevipes (short-stemmed brittlegill, page 000)
·      Sparassis radicata (cauliflower mushroom, page 000)
·      Trametes versicolor (turkey tail, page 000)
·      Tricholoma murrillianum (matsutake, page 000)
·      Xerocomellus atropurpureus (deep purple bolete, page 000)

Resources
Acknowledgments
Index

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