Description
With more species of fungi than any other region in Canada, British Columbia is a rich playground for mushroom hunters. Now there's Mushrooms of British Columbia, the newest handbook from the Royal BC Museum. It's perfect for anyone wanting to know more about BC mushrooms-whether for study, harvest, photography or appreciation.
Authors and mushroom experts Andy MacKinnon and Kem Luther bring a practical and playful approach to helping people quickly and confidently identify the mushrooms of British Columbia. Common names trump technical terminology, fungi are grouped by overall shape, and written descriptions of more than 350 common species are reinforced with carefully curated diagnostic images.
This is the go-to guidebook for anyone, amateur or expert, who loves to study, draw, photograph and eat BC mushrooms.
About the Author
Andy MacKinnon is a research ecologist with the BC Forest Service and also an adjunct professor at the School of Resource and Environmental Management at SFU.
Reviews
"The new Mushrooms of British Columbia is a very welcome and useful addition to our understanding of the world of nature. . . This book will expand the pleasure and knowledge of anyone who spends time in nature." Robert Bateman, Wildlife artist
"A first in my lifetime--a guide to the mushrooms of BC! A long time coming, but so worth the wait. Mushrooms of BC is a glorious book!" Britt Bunyard, Publisher and editor-in-chief, FUNGI Magazine
"For amateurs and professionals, Mushrooms of British Columbia will be the go-to book for safe and accurate mushroom identification . . . I enthusiastically recommend this gorgeous field guide, which is clearly the best book for sojourns into the forests of BC." Paul Stamets, Author of Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
" Mushrooms of British Columbia [is] the must-have book for mushroom enthusiasts and those eager to broaden their knowledge of nature in British Columbia and the northwestern United States." westcoastforager.com
"This is a book that should be on the shelf, and in the daypack, of every naturalist in BC!" Lasqueti Island Nature Conservancy
Book Information
ISBN 9780772679550
Author Andy MacKinnon
Format Paperback
Page Count 504
Imprint Royal British Columbia Museum
Publisher Royal British Columbia Museum
Weight(grams) 898g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 30mm