We Recommend: Our Bookshelf
Plants
Wild Edible Plants & Mushrooms, Trees & Field Guides
Here are all our favorite books about wild edible plants and mushrooms, as well as field guides and identification guides we wouldn’t be without. Remember, apps are fun, but ALWAYS back it up with a proper Field Guide ID from AT LEAST 2 (preferably 3) sources!
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Samuel Thayer
Samuel Thayer
Samuel Thayer
Jared Rosenbaum
The Essential Wild Food Survival Guide
Linda Runyon
Gary Lincoff
Paul Stamets
Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms
Paul Stamets
Mushrooms of Northeastern North America
Allen Bessette, Arlene Bessette, David W. Fischer
Paul Stamets
Peterson Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants
Lee Peterson
Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants & Herbs
Steven Foster, James A. Duke
Lawrence Newcomb
Thomas Elpel
Peterson Field Guide to Venomous Animals & Poisonous Plants
Steven Foster, Roger Caras
Richard Uva, Joseph Neal, Joseph DiTomaso
Daniel E. Moerman
Edible and Useful Plants of the Southwest
Delena Tull
Thomas Elias, Peter Dykeman
George W.D. Symonds
George W.D. Symonds
Lawrence Holt
Peterson Field Guide to Trees of North America
George A. Petrides
David L. Spahr