Here’s a sample page taken from Easiest to Identify booklet #1:
Each of these 3 full color publications take the novice “by the hand” and each clearly describes 14 edible wild mushrooms that are among the easiest and safest for a beginning mushroom hunter to start with. They are also for anyone who would like to add more mushrooms to their collecting basket.
For simplicity, technical language is not used in the descriptions.
Selected photographs clearly show the important details of each mushroom species that is described.
You’ll find hints and tips about where to find the mushrooms, how to prepare them, and precautions.
These little books make valuable gifts for anyone interested in “getting into” or expanding their knowledge of edible wild mushroom hunting.
Don’t get poisoned!
Every wild mushroom forager needs to know to avoid the most common poisonous wild mushrooms that thrive in the lawns, backyards and woods in this part of the country.
We can’t rely on the appealing look of a mushroom, its taste, wether an animal eats it, or the old coin in the pot test. All of these have made people sick, or worse. The only way is to positively identify a species and learn about its reputation. 14 of these bad character are described. Some are deadly poisonous mushrooms.
DO NOT BUY THIS BOOKLET UNLESS YOU ARE AN ADVANCED AND EXPERIENCED MUSHROOM HUNTER.
This full-color booklet discusses and details 14 especially delicious wild mushroom species that are bypassed by most fungus foragers, even by some of the most experienced, all with good reasons,
These species may be difficult to positively identify, they may resemble poisonous fungi much too closely, or they may have a questionable reason for being classed as toxic.
Poisonous booklet $5.00
Easy #3 booklet $5.00
Easy #2 paper $5.00
Easy#1 paper booklet $5.00
Order at least 3 of the above printed booklets and you will receive a multi-pattern, reusable spore print card.
Experts know that the color of a mushroom spore print is probably the most important and stable feature for mushroom identification. We offer a tool to get the best quality spore print.
This sturdy, plastic-laminated, large bookmark size spore print card features several different patterns for showing the color of mushroom spore prints at their clearest and best. To reuse, simply wipe away the spore print with a cloth or tissue, and make the next print.
Spore prints are delicate, dust-like deposits of microscopic spores. The slightest touch destroys them. To make a print stable, give it a shop of ordinary hair spray. To remove a sprayed print from the card, wipe with a moist cloth or tissue.
For mushroom cultivators, this tool also lets you easily make sterile spore prints for growing mushroom tissue cultures in agar plates, etc. Simply wipe the card surface with a tissue or cloth moistened with alcohol (such as drug store rubbing alcohol). Cover with an inverted cup or bowl, and allowed to dry. Then, in a clean environment, quickly lift the cover and place your mushroom on the card. The print you get will be relatively free of contaminating spores. For more totally sterile print, elevate the mushroom specimen over the card when making the spore print. That’s about the best you will do outside a microbiology laboratory.
Easy#1 pdf download $2.00
Paper booklet KEY to identifying the mushrooms described in edition #2 of my Field Guide. $5.00
Paper booklet KEY to identifying the mushrooms described in edition #1 of my Field Guide. $5.00
Easy#2 pdf download $2.00
Poisonous PDF download $2.00
Front side of reusable spore print card.
Back side of reusable spore print card.
Bright, silvery, reflective area.
FREE GIFT - Reusable spore print card
Easy#3 pdf download $2.00
Treasures booklet
Treasures PDF download $2.00
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Here are descriptions of Pennsylvania magic mushrooms you will encounter on your wild mushroom explorations.
It describes 9 of the most common legal and illegal psychedelic species of this type that grow in Pennsylvania and the Northeast.
Download Magic Mushrooms in pdf format.
$2.00
MAGIC paper booklet
$5.00
I get many email photos and live specimens from magic mushroom (CURRENTLY ILLEGAL IN PA) hunters have asked me to identify.
I am amazed by how many of these submissions are poisonous species that are being mistaken for magic mushrooms. Some of these lookalikes are deadly poisonous.
This book is a guide to your safety.
Download Magic Poisonous lookalikes in pdf format.
$2.00
Here’s another publication for mushroom growers. It’s a 17 page collection of mushroom growing ideas, gathered over many years, from some of the most creative cultivators.
It’s for beginning mushroom cultivators, home growers, and those who are familiar with basic sterile microbiological fungus culture techniques. All growers will find many useful and valuable ideas here.
Tips paper booklet $5.00
$2.00
Download TIPS AND TRICKS in pdf format.
MORE BOOKLETS
MORE BOOKLETS
Magic Poisonous Lookalikes paper booklet $5.00
HERE IS THE CURRENT COLLECTION OF EIGHT COMPANION BOOKLETS FOR EDITIONS #1 AND #2 OF BILL RUSSELL’S “FIELD GUIDE TO WILD MUSHROOMS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE MID-ATLANTIC”. They offer more information than what’s in the FIELD GUIDE. They are good “stand alone” booklets, too, if you do not own the FIELD GUIDE. Free shipping in USA.
Through Papal. Or personal check by mail to Bill Russell, 142 Geary Rd., Centre Hall PA 16828
IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE ORDERING ITEMS, PLEASE EMAIL ME at shaman8@verizon.net
TO GET A VERY USEFUL FREE GIFT, GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.
For lots more information on the topic of Magic Mushrooms and the currently rapidly changing laws regarding their possession and use, check out the Vaults of Erowid.
Here’s our latest publication. Needless to say, it’s not for everyone, and may be somewhat ahead of its time, depending upon where you live.
If you have been following the news, you know that the laws banning the possession, use and growing Magic Mushrooms are rapidly being eased or removed in many places in the U.S. And elsewhere in the world.
Because of widespread interest in the topic, I receive a surprising number of emails and personal communications from people who want to know more about these fascinating and remarkable mushroom species. On my wild mushroom walks and talks, one of the most common questions is about finding them. Sometimes we do.
This booklet is a collection of simple grow-at-home methods to attempt to grow these species. No advanced fungi cultivation techniques or laboratory equipment are required. Ordinary things found the house are all that are needed.
DON’T BREAK THE LAW. WHERE THESE MUSHROOM ARE STILL ILLEGAL, MERELY POSSESSING THEM CAN GET YOU INTO SERIOUS LEGAL TROUBLE THAT CAN FOLLOW YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
So, until it’s safe to grow these species where you live, practice these techniques to grow other, legal mushrooms.
Download growing Magic Mushrooms in pdf format.
$2.00
Growing Magic Mushrooms paper booklet.
$5.00
