Ben P reviewed Fascinating Fungi of New England by Lawrence Millman
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5 stars
I really, really enjoyed this book. Millman has a great, casual, dad-jokes-and-all style that works really well when describing mushrooms that look like scrambled eggs, brain matter, pipecleaners, and phalluses. Plenty of scientific info delivered alongside or wrapped up in personal anecdotes from countless foraging expeditions in the woods of New England. The illustrations by Rick Kollath are very life-like, though they don't portend to be photo-realistic, which I think works well for the subject matter.
This is definitely not a field guide, a guide to edible mushrooms, or a dense scientific text about mycelia and their fruiting bodies. Instead, it's an easy-to-navigate quick reference on regional mushrooms and slime molds, written in a manner that allows the book to be read straight through, like a series of short, funny personal essays.
What I'm trying to say is, Lawrence Millman seems like a real fungi.
(Sorry.)
I really, really enjoyed this book. Millman has a great, casual, dad-jokes-and-all style that works really well when describing mushrooms that look like scrambled eggs, brain matter, pipecleaners, and phalluses. Plenty of scientific info delivered alongside or wrapped up in personal anecdotes from countless foraging expeditions in the woods of New England. The illustrations by Rick Kollath are very life-like, though they don't portend to be photo-realistic, which I think works well for the subject matter.
This is definitely not a field guide, a guide to edible mushrooms, or a dense scientific text about mycelia and their fruiting bodies. Instead, it's an easy-to-navigate quick reference on regional mushrooms and slime molds, written in a manner that allows the book to be read straight through, like a series of short, funny personal essays.
What I'm trying to say is, Lawrence Millman seems like a real fungi.
(Sorry.)