Mushroom Books are a great way to get started with Mushrooms. You can never have too many references for mushroom
identification.
 
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Mushrooms of Colorado and the Southern Rocky Mountains
by Vera S. Evenson
This is a great book for the Colorado and Rocky Mountain areas. It is one of the more localized books we have. In fact
it is one of the only books specific to Colorado.
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All That the Rain Promises, and More
by David Arora
A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms. This is one of my favorite quick reference mushroom books for the Western
Mountains. There is a ton of great information packed into this small book. It's small size makes it easy to take with you
while out on a mushroom hunt. I highly recommend this book especially for beginners.
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A Field Guide to Mushrooms
by Kent H. McKnight and Vera B. McKnight
This Field Guide is designed to make your mushroom collecting outings as safe and enjoyable as possible.
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Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America: A Field-to-kitchen Guide
by David W. Fischer, Alan E. Bessette
A great beginners book showing many of the most common edible mushrooms as well common poisonous look-alikes. It also has a
recipe section which shows many great mushroom recipes.
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North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi
by Orson K. Miller and Hope Miller
This is a good scientific reference style of Mushroom book with nearly 600 pages of information. When you cant find your
specimen in the smaller books this one is great to have on hand. It also contains much more detailed scientific information
such as spore sizes, and types.
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Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi
by David Arora
This book is the large reference style. If there was ever a mushroom bible this would be it. Nearly 1000 pages of information.
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