Recommended Books on Fungi
Note: some of these books are out of print, but may be still available from libraries, amazon.com, or ebay.com.
North America
- Arora, David. Mushrooms Demystified. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA, 1986
- Kibby, Geoffrey. An Illustrated Guide to Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Dragons' World Ltd., London, 1993
- Lincoff, Gary. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, 1981
- McKnight, Kent, and McKnight, Vera B., A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America, Peterson Field Guides, Houghton-Mifflen, Boston, MA, 1987
- Miller, Orson and Miller, Hope. North American Mushrooms. Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, CT, 2006
- Phillips, Roger. Mushrooms of North America. Little Brown and Co., Boston, 1991
Regional
- Ammirati, Joseph, Trudell, Steve, Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest, Timber Press, Portland, OR, 2009
- Ammirati, Joseph, Traquair, James, Horgen, Paul, Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northern United States and Canada. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN, 1986
- Arora, David, All That the Rain Promises, and More..., Ten Speed Press, Berkley, CA, 1990
- Barron, George. Mushrooms of Northeast North America. Lone Pine Publishing, Renton, WA, 1999
- Bessette, Alan E., Bessette, Arleen R., and Fischer, David W. Mushrooms of Northeastern North America. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY, 1997
- Bessette, Roody, Bessette, Dunaway. Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States. Syracuse U. Press, Syracuse, NY, 2007
- Bessette, Alan, Roody, William, Sturgeon, Walt, Bessette, Arleen R., Waxcap Mushrooms of Eastern North America, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY 2012
- Bessette, Arleen R., Bessette, Alan, Neill, William J., Mushrooms of Cape Cod and the National Seashore, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY, 2001
- Breitenbach, J, Kränzlin, F. Fungi of Switzerland, Vol. 1-6. Mykologia, Lucerne, Switzerland, 1981-2005 (available in English, French, or German)
- Davis, Michael, Sommer, Robert, Menge, John, Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 2012
- Evenson, Vera Stucky. Mushrooms of Colorado and the Southern Rocky Mountains. Denver Botanic Gardens and Westcliffe Publishers, Denver, CO, 1997
- Horn, Bruce, Kay, Richard, Abel, Dean, A Guide to Kansas Mushrooms, University Press of Kansas, 1993
- Huffman, Donald M., Tiffany, Lois H., and Knaphus, George. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of the Midcontinental United States. Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa, 1989
- Kroeger, Paul, Kendrick, Bryce, Ceska, Oluna, Roberts, Christine, The Outer Spores: Mushrooms of Haida Gwaii, Mycologue Publications, British Columbia, Canada, 2012
- McNeil, Raymond. Le Grand Livre des Champignons du Quebec et de l'est du Canada. Editions Michel Quintin, Waterloo, Quebec, Canada, 2006 (in French)
- Metzler, Susan, and Metzler, Van. Texas Mushrooms: A Field Guide, 2nd Edition. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, 2013
- Millman, Lawrence, Fascinating Fungi of New England. Kollath & Stensass Publishing, Duluth, MN, 2011
- Mollen, Cora and Weber, Larry, Fascinating Fungi of the North Woods. Kollath & Stensaas Publishing, Duluth, MN, 2007
- Roody, William C. Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians. The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2003
- Russell, Bill. A Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic. Penn State Univ. Press, University Park, PA, 2006
- Sicard, Matthew, Lamoureux, Yves, Les champignons sauvages du Quebec. Editions Fides, Quebec, Canada, 1999 (in French)
- Smith, Alexander H., Weber, Nancy Smith. A Field Guide To Southern Mushrooms. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI, 1985
- Smith, Alexander H., Smith, Helen V., Weber, Nancy S. Weber, How to Know the Gilled Mushrooms, William. C. Brown Company Publishers, 1979
- Smith, Alexander H., Smith, Helen V., How to Know the Non-Gilled Fleshy Fungi, William C. Brown Company Publishers, 1973
- Stone, Maxine, Missouri?s Wild Mushrooms. Missouri Department of Conservation, 2010
- Thiers, Harry, California Mushrooms, A Field Guide to the Boletes, Macmillan, New York, NY, 1975
Specialized Groups or Genera
- Bessette, Alan E., Harris, David, Bessette Arleen R., Milk Mushrooms of North America: A Field Identification Guide to the Genus Lactarius, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY, 2009
- Bessette, Alan E., Bessette, Arleen R., Roody, William C., Trudell, Steven A., Tricholomas of North America, University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 2013
- Bessette, Alan E., Roody, William C., and Bessette, Arleen R. North American Boletes: A Color Guide to the Fleshy Pored Mushroomss. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY, 2000
- Bessette, Alan E., Roody, William, Sturgeon, Walt, Bessette, Arlene, Waxcap Mushrooms of Eastern North America, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY, 2012
- Beug, Michael, Bessette, Alan, Bessette, Arleen, Ascomycete Fungi of North America, University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 2014
- Binion, Denise E., Burdsall, Hal, Miller, Orson K., Roody, William, Stephenson, Stephen; Vasilyeva, Larissa. Macrofungi Associated with Oaks of Eastern North America. West Virginia University Press, Morgantown, WV, 2008
- Both, Ernst E. The Boletes of North America: A Compendium. Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, NY, 1993
- Coker, William Chambers and Alma Holland Beers. The Boleti of North Carolina. Dover Publications, New York, 1974
- Dennis, R.W.G. British Ascomycetes. Gantner, Vaduz, Switzerland, 1977
- Gilbertson, R.L., and Ryvarden, L. North American Polypores, 2 vols., Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd., 1986-87
- Katsaros, Peter. Illustrated Guide to Common Slime Molds. Mad River Press, Eureka, CA, 1984
- Kuo, Michael Morels. The Univ. of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI, 2005
- Meyer, Marianne, Poulain, Miche, Bozonnet, Jean, Les Myxomycetes, (2 Volumes, in French with keys in English), Atlas, 2011
- Singer, Rolf, The Agaricales in Modern Taxonomy, 4th ed., Koelth Scientific Books, 1986
- Smith, Alexander H., and Thiers, Harry, The Boletes of Michigan. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI, 1971
- Smith, Alexander H., Smith, Helen V., Weber, Nancy S., How to Know the Gilled Mushrooms, (Eastern North America), Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers, 1979
- Smith, Alexander H., Smith, Helen V., How to Know the Non-Gilled Fleshy Fungi, (Eastern North America) Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers, 1973
- Snell, W. H. and Dick, E. A. The Boleti of Northeastern North America. J. Cramer, 1970
- Stevenson, Steven L. and Stempen, Henry. Myxomycetes, A Handbook of Slime Molds. Timber Press, Portland, OR, 1994
- Trappe, Matt, Evans, Frank, Trappe, James. Field Guide to North American Truffles. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA, 2007
- Weber, Nancy S., A Morel Hunter?s Companion, Two Peninsula Press, Lansing, MI, 1988
Miscellaneous
- Alexopoulos, Mims and Blackwell. Introductory Mycology, Fourth Edition. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1996
- Arora, David, Shepherd, Glenn, Economic Botany, Vol. 62, #3, The New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, NY, 2008
- Benjamin, Denis. Mushrooms, Poisons and Panaceas: A handbook for naturalists, mycologists and physicians. W. H. Freeman and Co., New York, NY 1995
- Benjamin, Denis, Musings of a Mushroom Hunter, A Natural History of Foraging, Tembe Publishing CO., 2010
- Bessette, Alan, and Sundberg, Walter J. Mushrooms: A Quick Reference Guide to Mushrooms of North America. MacMillan Publishing Co., New York, NY, 1987
- Bessette, Arleen R., Bessette, Alan, E. The Rainbow Beneath My Feet, A Mushroom Dyers Field Guide, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY, 2001
- Borrer, Donald. Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms. Mayfield Publishing Company, Mountain View, CA, 1988
- Carlile, Michael J.; Watkinson, Sarah C.; Gooday, Graham W. The Fungi, 2nd Edition. Academic Press, London, 2001
- Cripps, Cathy L., ed. Fungi in Forest Ecosystems: Systematics, Diversity and Ecology. Volume 89, Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, NYBG, New York, 2004
- Dugan, Frank Matthews. Fungi in the Ancient World. APS Press, 2008
- Freedman, Louise. Wild About Mushrooms. Harris, Berkeley, CA, 1987 (cookbook, online at www.mssf.org)
- Glick, Phyllis, G. The Mushroom Trail Guide. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, NY, 1979
- Hudler, George. Magical mushrooms, mischievous molds. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1998
- Iizawa, Kotaro. Around the World with Mushroom Stamps. Petit Grand Publishing, Inc., 2007
- Johnson, Emily. North American Mushrooms Photo Postcards. Dover Publications, Inc., New York, NY, 1988
- Jordan, Peter, and Wheeler, Steven. The Ultimate Mushroom Book. Smithmark Publishers, Inc., New York, NY, 1995
- Katsaros, Peter. Familiar Mushrooms, North America. The Audubon Society Pocket Guides, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, NY, 1990
- Katz, Adrienne. Naturewatch. Addison-Wesley, 1986
- Kendrick, Bryce. The Fifth Kingdom. Mycologue Publications, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 1985
- Kuo, Michael, Methven, Andrew, 100 Cool Mushrooms, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI, 2010
- Laessoe, Thomas, Del Conte, Anna, and Lincoff, Gary. The Mushroom Book. DK Publishing, 1996
- Laessoe, Thomas, and Lincoff, Gary. Mushrooms. DK Publishing, Inc. (Eyewitness Handbooks), New York, NY, 1998
- Largent, David L. et al. How to Identify Mushrooms to Genus. Mad River Press Series, Volumes 1-6, Eureka, CA
- Lincoff, Gary, The Complete Mushroom Hunter, Quarry Books, Beverly, MA, 2010
- Lincoff, Gary. Simon and Schuster's Guide to Mushrooms. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1981
- Lingelbach, Jenipher. Hands-On Nature. Vermont Institute of Natural Science, 1985
- Lockwood, Taylor, Chasing the Rain, Self Published, 2008
- Lockwood, Taylor, Treasures from the Kingdom of Fungi. Taylor Lockwood, Mt. Dora, Florida, 2001
- Marley, Greg, A., Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares, Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction, VT, 2010
- McKenny, Margaret, Stuntz, Daniel E. and Ammirati, Joseph R. The New Savory Wild Mushroom. University of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington, 1987
- McKnight, Kent H., and McKnight, Vera B. A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America. Peterson Field Guides, Houghton-Mifflin, Boston, 1987
- Miller, Orson K., Miller, Hope, A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi, Pequot Press, Guilford, CT, 2006
- Miller, Orson K., Miller, Hope, H., Mushrooms in Color, E.P. Dutton, NY, NY, 1981
- Money, Nicholas P. Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard. Oxford Univiversity Press, New York, NY, 2004
- Money, Nicholas P. The Triumph of the Fungi: A Rotten History. Oxford Univiversity Press, New York, 2006
- Moore-Landecker, Elizabeth. Fundamentals of the Fungi, Fourth Edition. Prentice Hall, New York, 1996
- Morgan, Adrian. Toads and Toadstools. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA, 1996.
- Mueller, Gregory, Bills, Gerald, Foster, Mercedes. Biodiversity of Fungi. Elsevier Academic Press, Burlington, MA, 2004
- Petersen, Jens, The Kingdom of Fungi, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2012
- Rice, Miriam, and Beebee, Dorothy. Mushrooms for Color. Mad River Press, Eureka, CA, 1980
- Rice, Miriam, and Beebee, Dorothy. Mushrooms for Dyes, Paper, Pigments & Myco-Stix™, Mushrooms for Color Press, Forestville, CA, 2008
- Roehl, Renée, Chadwick, Kelly, Decomposition: An Anthology of Fungi-Inspired Poems, Lost Horse Press, Sandpoint, Ohio, 2012
- Schaechter, Elio. In the Company of Mushrooms. Harvard University Press, Boston, MA, 1997
- Sisson, Edith H. Nature With Children of All Ages. Prentice Hall Press, New York, NY, 1982
- Smith, Alexander H. How to Know the Non-gilled Fleshy Fungi. William C. Brown Company Publishers, Dubuque, IA, 1973
- Smith, Alexander H., and Smith, Helen V., and Weber, Nancy S. How to Know the Gilled Fungi. Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers, Dubuque, IA, 1979
- Smith, Alexander H., and Weber, Nancy Smith The Mushroom Hunter's Field Guide. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI, 1980
- Shuttleworth, Floyd, S., and Zim, Herbert S. A Golden Guide, Non-Flowering Plants. Golden Press, NY, 1967
- Spoerke, David G., and Rumack, Barry H., eds. Handbook of Mushroom Poisoning: Diagnosis and Treatment. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1994
- Stamets, Paul, Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA, 1993
- Stamets, Paul. Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA, 2005
- Stephenson, Steven L. The Kingdom of Fungi: The Biology of Mushrooms, Molds, and Lichens. Timber Press, Portland, OR, 2010
- Stewart, terraBrie, The Fungus Files, An Educator?s Guide to the Fungi, K-6 (Second Edition), Friends of the Environment Foundation, Alberta National Plant Council, Nature Alberta, Canada, 2013
- Ulloa, Miguel, Hanlin, Richard, Illustrated Dictionary of Mycology. APS Press, St. Paul, MN, 2000
- Watling, Roy. Fungi. Smithsonian Institution Press, 2003
Compiled by Sandy Sheine