Foraging Mushrooms of the Rocky Mountains: Finding, Identifying, and Preparing Edible Wild Mushrooms

This guide helps readers who want to learn best practices for foraging mushrooms. It includes plenty of helpful and thoughtful tips. For example, it urges readers to consider how much mushroom weight will be added to their packs, so that they don’t gather too much; to check whether they’re permitted to even be in the area if the property is privately owned; to avoid being greedy when they go to popular spots by leaving some mushrooms for fellow enthusiasts, and much more. Safety is especially emphasized and fully explained; there are reminders for experienced foragers and clear warnings to novices. There’s a great chart that teaches readers more about mushrooms specifically found in the Rocky Mountain area. It describes the region’s common mushrooms, whether they’re edible, and what the look-alikes are. Bonus content includes simple recipes that readers can make with the edible mushrooms they find.