Some Common Mushrooms and How to Know Them

A pocket guide to the most common edible mushrooms of Missouri and the poisonous ones you could mistake them for. Clear photos and key features help you identify each species safely.

Malissa Briggler

A photo field guide to the mushrooms of Ohio, with a full page for each species. You get identification tips, habitat, season and notes on edibility.

Ohio Division of Wildlife

A USDA Forest Service field guide to the mushrooms and other fungi you find in eastern forests. Species are grouped by forest type and by their role in the ecosystem, each with color photos.

Michael E. Ostry, Neil A. Anderson, Joseph G. O’Brien

A field guide to the edible and medicinal mushrooms of the Mekong region. Each species has a photo, a description, its uses, habitat and fruiting season.

Peter E. Mortimer, Jianchu Xu, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Kevin D. Hyde

An FAO overview of wild edible fungi around the world: which species people collect, how they are harvested and traded, and how to manage them. Includes country lists of edible and medicinal species.

Eric Boa