NAMA Book Reviews

Our reviews provide a useful tool for deciding which of the most recently published mycological related books would be useful for your skill level and interests, and which would be the most valuable for your library. We often provide a link to the publisher’s website.

NAMA’s Editorial and Literature Committee is responsible for providing reviews of books, DVDs and other electronic media, software programs, and smartphone apps for the society’s newsletter, The Mycophile. A selection of previously published reviews is available below.

Publishers and authors desiring to have their works reviewed, NAMA members with suggestions for reviews, and NAMA members wishing to do a review should contact Barbara Ching by email, to make the necessary arrangements.

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Fungi of Temperate Europe book cover
Jens H. Petersen

Fungi of Temperate Europe

If you don’t have time for reading, here’s the bottom line: anyone who has an interest in mushrooms ...
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Fungipedia A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore book cover
General

Fungipedia: A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore

Fungipedia by mycologist Lawrence Millman is a diminutive 200-page hardcover book filled with an enormous treasure trove of fascinating ...
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Mushrooms of the Gulf Coast States A Field Guide to Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida book cover
Alan E. Bessette

Mushrooms of the Gulf Coast States: A Field Guide to Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida

“Mushrooms of the Gulf Coast States,” a beautifully bound and imperviously jacketed gem of a field guide by ...
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Mushrooms of the Northwest A Simple Guide to Common Mushrooms book cover
Adventure Publications

Mushrooms of the Northwest: A Simple Guide to Common Mushrooms

This is a small (roughly 4.5 × 6 inches) guide that, as the title states, deals with mushrooms ...
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The Way Through the Woods On Mushrooms and Mourning book cover
General

The Way Through the Woods: On Mushrooms and Mourning

Spoiler alerts start early in The Way through the Woods by Long Litt Woon. The subtitle, “Of Mushrooms and Mourning,” ...
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The Allure of Fungi book cover
Alison Pouliot

The Allure of Fungi

To be honest, my initial impression when I opened The Allure of Fungi was not favorable. As I often do, ...
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Appalachian Mushrooms A Field Guide book cover
Field

Appalachian Mushrooms: A Field Guide

Walt Sturgeon is a well-regarded field mycologist familiar to NAMA members and others who participate in any of ...
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A Field Guide to Medicinal Mushrooms of North America book cover
Daniel Winkler

A Field Guide to Medicinal Mushrooms of North America

Daniel Winkler This small field guide booklet is an accordion-style folded 8 panel double- sided brochure on good ...
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A Field Guide to Mushrooms of the Carolinas book cover
Alan E. Bessette

A Field Guide to Mushrooms of the Carolinas

And the eastern mushroom guides keep on coming, especially those from the Southeast. Recent releases have included Southeastern Mushrooms, ...
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How to Change Your Mind book cover
Michael Pollan

How to Change Your Mind

I’ve been reading Michael Pollan since he published his first book, Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education, in 1991. He ...
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The Mushroom Hunters Kitchen Reimagining Comfort Food with a Chef Forager book cover
Chad Hyatt

The Mushroom Hunter’s Kitchen: Reimagining Comfort Food with a Chef Forager

I’ll start with the meat of the matter: Chad Hyatt is a California-based chef and mushroom forager; these ...
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Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic book cover
Bill Russell

Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic

The March-April 2007 issue of The Mycophile contained a review by John Plischke III of the first edition of Field Guide ...
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The Genius Plague book cover
David Walton

The Genius Plague

This science fiction thriller has a mushroom mycelium as the villain. Its spores induce a lung infection, and ...
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Mushrooms of the Georgia Piedmont & Southern Appalachians book cover
Mary L. Woehrel

Mushrooms of the Georgia Piedmont and Southern Appalachians: A Reference

Although the Preface states that This book is intended to be a field-durable guide to the wild mushrooms ...
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Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada book cover
Reference

Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada

In 2006, Timber Press initiated a series of field guides for the Pacific Northwest with the publication of ...
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