The MUSHROOMS,
TOADSTOOLS & FUNGI
COLLECTION
A truly unique and fascinating collection of 101 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first time on USB flash drive covering all aspects of MUSHROOMS, TOADSTOOLS & FUNGI.
Discover the world of mushrooms, toadstools and fungi. Learn how to identify wild mushrooms and to easily distinguish the differences between edible and poisonous fungi. Read about cooking and preserving mushrooms and discover new recipes. Study guides on growing mushrooms for pleasure and market. Explore all types of fungi around the world – from common garden mushrooms to valuable truffles. Overall, an absolute must for anyone with an interest in mushrooms, toadstools, fungi and foraging for wild foods. The full list of titles included speaks for itself….
This superb compilation of 101 vintage books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages. Most of the books are in English, however we’ve also included are works in other languages.
This is without doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections, and only available here!
The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:
A preliminary report on the Hymeniales of Connecticut - E. White (1905)
A provisional key to the genera of Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, etc.)
G. Atkinson (1898)
A study of mushrooms and mushroom spawn - E. Jacob (1914)
A treatise on the esculent funguses of England - containing an account of their classical history, uses, characters, development, structure, nutritious properties, modes of cooking and preserving, etc. - D. Badham (1863)
Among the mushrooms, a guide for beginners - E. Dallas (1900)
Atlas des champignons comestibles et vénéneux - J. Costantin (1895)
Atlas des champignons comestibles et veneneux - L. Dufour (1891)
British edible fungi, how to distinguish and how to cook them - M. Cooke (1891)
Champignons et truffes - J. Remy (1861)
Clavis agaricinorum - an analytical key to the British Agaricini, with characters of the genera and subgenera - W. Smith (1870)
Coloured figures of English fungi or mushrooms - J. Sowerby (1797)
Common Mushrooms - L. Pray (1921)
Common mushrooms of the United States - L. Krieger (1920)
De la truffe - Moynier (1836)
Des champignons comestibles, suspects et vénéneux - M. Descourtilz (1827)
Descrizione dei funghi mangerecci più comuni dell'Italia e de' velenosi che possono co' medesimi confondersi - C. Vittadini (1835)
Descrizione esatta dei funghi nocivi o sospetti, con figure colorate - G. Bayle-Barelle (1808)
Die essbaren schwmme des Oesterreichischen Kaiserstaates - L. Trattinnick
1809)
Edible and poisonous mushrooms - W. Murrill (1916)
Edible and poisonous mushrooms - what to eat and what to avoid - M. Cooke
1894)
Edible and poisonous mushrooms, what to eat and what to avoid (new edition) - M. Cooke (1902)
European fungus flora, agaricaceae - G. Massee (1902)
Exploitation et aménagement des bois, futaies, taillis, trufficulture, abatage et procédés de vidange - P. Mouillefert (1904)
Field book of common gilled mushrooms - W. Thomas (1921)
Flowerless plants; ferns, mushrooms, mosses, lichens, and seaweeds - E. Hale
1907)
Fungi austriaci - L. Trattinick (1830)
Germination de l'ascospore de la truffe - E. Boulanger (1903)
Guide de l'amateur de champignons - F. Cordier (1826)
Guide to Mr. Worthington Smith's drawings of field and cultivated mushrooms and poisonous or worthless fungi often mistaken for mushrooms (1910)
Guide to the mushrooms - L. Taylor Cole (1910)
Histoire des champignons de la France - P. Bulliard (1809)
How to grow mushrooms for market (1908)
I funghi mangerecci e velenosi dell'Europa media - G. Bresadola (1899)
Icones mycologicæ, ou Iconographie des champignons de France principalement Discomycetes Vol. 1 -E. Boudier (1905)
Icones mycologicæ, ou Iconographie des champignons de France principalement Discomycetes Vol. 2 -E. Boudier (1905)
Icones mycologicæ, ou Iconographie des champignons de France principalement Discomycetes Vol. 3 -E. Boudier (1905)
Icones mycologicæ, ou Iconographie des champignons de France principalement Discomycetes Vol. 4 -E. Boudier (1905)
Iconographie des champignons de Paulet - J. Leveille (1855)
Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Vol. 1 - S. Price (1864)
Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Vol. 2 - S. Price (1864)
Les Champignons - L. Gautier (1884)
Les champignons comestibles du Canton de Neuchtel - L. Favre (1861)
Les champignons comestibles et venneux de la region de Montpellier et des Cvennes - L. Planchon (1883)
Les champignons suprieurs du Tarn - J. Bel (1899)
Les mycelium truffiers blanc - E. Boulanger (1903)
Michigan Mushrooms - A Few of the Common Edible Fungi Occuring in the State - B. Longyear (1903)
Minnesota mushrooms - F. Clements (1910)
Money in mushrooms - reliable information concerning mushroom growing (1910)
Moulds, mildews, and mushrooms - L. Underwood (1899)
Mushroom culture - H. Michell (1921)
Mushroom culture - W. Robinson (1870)
Mushroom culture and pure culture spawn - American Spawn Company (1912)
Mushroom culture, its extension and improvement (new edition) - W. Robinson
1873)
Mushroom growing - B. Duggar (1915)
Mushrooms and mushroom spawns and guide to mushroom culture (1905)
Mushrooms and Other Common Fungi - F. Patterson (1915)
Mushrooms and their cultivation - T. Sanders (1909)
Mushrooms and their use - C. Peck (1897)
Mushrooms and toadstools - how to distinguish easily the differences between edible and poisonous fungi - W. Smith (1876)
Mushrooms and toadstools - W. Setchell (1913)
Mushrooms for the million - J. Wright (1884)
Mushrooms of America, edible and poisonous - J. Palmer (1885)
Mushrooms, ferns and grasses and some more wild flowers - J. Jones (1920)
Mushrooms, guide to mushroom culture (1908)
Mushrooms, how to grow them - W. Falconer (1891)
Mycological glossary, or, aid to the study of mushrooms - W. Kellerman (1905)
Nouvel atlas de poche des champignons comestibles et vnneux Vol. 1 - P. Dume
1911)
Nouvel atlas de poche des champignons comestibles et vnneux Vol. 2 - P. Dume
1911)
One hundred mushroom receipts - K. Sargeant (1899)
Our edible toadstools and mushrooms and how to distinguish them - W. Gibson
1895)
Our edible toadstools and mushrooms and how to distinguish them - W. Gibson
1903)
Outlines of British fungology - containing characters of above a thousand species of Fungi - M. Berkeley (1860)
Outlines of British fungology. Supplement - W. Smith (1891)
Petite flore des champignons, comestibles et vénéneux - L. Dufour (1895)
Poisonous Mushrooms - W. Murrill (1910)
Recipes for cooking mushrooms - S. Rorer (1903)
Reference list of publications relating to edible and poisonous mushrooms - J. Clark (1898)
Skandinaviens fornamsta atliga och giftiga svampar - J. Smitt (1867)
Some Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms (1922)
Some edible and poisonous Fungi - W. Farlow (1898)
Student's hand-book of mushrooms of America edible and poisonous - T. Taylor
1897)
Studies of American fungi. Mushrooms, edible, poisonous, etc - G. Atkinson
1900)
Sveriges ätliga och giftiga svampar tecknade efter naturen under ledning - E. Fries (1861)
Tableau des champignons observés dans les environs de Metz - A. Haro (1838)
The garden mushroom, its nature and cultivation - a treatise exhibiting full and plain directions, for producing this desireable plant in perfection and plenty - J. Abercrombie (1779)
The mushroom book - a popular guide to the identification and study of our commoner Fungi, with special emphasis on the edible varieties -N. Marshall
1920)
The mushroom book. A popular guide to the identification and study of our commoner fungi, with special emphasis on the edible varieties -N. Marshall
1922)
The mushroom, edible and otherwise, its habitat and its time of growth, with photographic illustrations of nearly all the common species - M. Hard (1908)
The mushrooms of Canada, with engravings, and catalogue of the fungi of Canada
D. Winder (1910)
The Polypodiaceae of the Philippine Islands, new species of edible Philippine fungi - E. Copeland (1905)
The principles of mushroom growing and mushroom spawn making - B. Duggar (1905)
The Toxins and Antitoxins of Poisonous Mushrooms - W. Ford (1906)
The truth about mushrooms (1912)
Toadstools and mushrooms and other larger fungi of South Australia Pt. 1 - J. Cleland (1921)
Toadstools and mushrooms and other larger fungi of South Australia Pt. 2 - J. Cleland (1921)
Toadstools at home - S. Hastings (1906)
Toadstools at home, second series - Sixty photographs from nature of British fungi -S. Hastings (1911)
Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi (New Edition) - C. McIlvaine (1912)
Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi (Revised Edition) - C. McIlvaine (1902)
Traitâe sur les champignons comestibles, contenant l'indication des espáeces nuisibles - C. Persoon (1818)
Twelve edible mushrooms of the United States - T. Taylor (1894)
An absolute must for anyone with an interest in mushrooms, toadstools and fungi  – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!
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