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The convenient, light-weight, pocket-sized, laminated field guide contains high quality images and brief descriptions of over 80 fungi including their ecological niches and human uses from all major fungal groups. It is based on over a dozen visits to the Amazon by both the authors. Over 20 of these mushrooms are unique to the Amazon, over 50 are found from Mexico to Argentina*, and almost as many are found in other tropical zones around the world. This booklet offers a visual way to identify the most commonly encountered mushrooms with special attention to the most stunning and best edible Amazon mushrooms. | A Field Guide to Tropical Amazon Mushrooms by Daniel Winkler & Larry Evans (2014) $8.95 SPECIAL: 2nd Field Guide only $6 & no extra mailing charge! Write me if you want both, the English and Spanish versions |
(original size measurements: 11.6cm x 23 cm or 4.6 in x 11.8 in) Reviews: Books about the fungi in Amazonas are non-existing, not to speak about Hey Daniel! I got the field guides today, Maria Alice Neves MICOLAB, Curador de fungos Herbário FLOR Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - Florianópolis, Brasil * Countries the Amazon Mushroom field guide can be used with great success: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela. Mushroaming Publishing, ISBN: 9780990423805 |
Published 2014 Reviews The field guide turned out beautiful! Highly informative and in addition very handy fitting in a small pack while exploring the rainforest. Prof. Dr. Meike Piepenbring, co-author of Hongos de Panama Department of Mycology - Biologicum, Frankfurt a.M., Germany |
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Field Guide fully folded out (note: not to scale, full length 37 in, height 9 in = 94 cm x 23 cm):
Note, this is not a book, but a fold-out booklet. The two images above show the full content of the 16 laminated pages.