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Blacksmith

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Posted: Sun Feb 06, 05 7:59 pm Post subject: POCKET sized reference book ?
Hi all, i'm looking for a concise, pocket sized reference book for edible plants and fungi. I have several large volumes of safe and unsafe plants, but would like to have one small book to keep in my jacket pocket for "foraging forays " ! Anyone got a favorite ?or is there one under constuction as we speak ? ATB. Dave.

Guest

Posted: Sun Feb 06, 05 8:47 pm Post subject:
Food for Free by Richard Mabey comes in a pocket size. Published by Collins, ISBN 0-00-219865-7, about 7.99 Probably one of the best you could invest in.

Blacksmith

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Posted: Sun Feb 06, 05 9:17 pm Post subject:
Great ! Thanks for that !

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Sun Feb 06, 05 9:44 pm Post subject:
It's one of many books we have. The pictures are hand drawn and there is a fair bit of text. I think there's room for another good book with some good photos in. We tend to take a back pack and a couple of the larger books, especially for fungi.

nettie

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Posted: Sun Feb 06, 05 11:35 pm Post subject:
Yep, echo the above.

cab

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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 05 11:41 am Post subject:

Food for Free doesn't set out to be a field guide. It isn't a good book for identifying mushrooms or plants in the field, in my opinion, but it's an invaluable work to have anyway because it tells you what you can easily mistake for many of the wild edibles.

To be honest, the best way to learn wild edibles is to take along someone experienced. Failing ther, get a good mushroom guide, and a good plant guide, and be prepared to carry samples home to ID. Soon enough you'll be picking dozens of species.

cab

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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 05 11:44 am Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

I think there's room for another good book with some good photos in. We tend to take a back pack and a couple of the larger books, especially for fungi.

Said book is one of my ambitions, but it's likely to take me forever.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 05 12:07 pm Post subject:

Cab wrote:

Treacodactyl wrote:

I think there's room for another good book with some good photos in. We tend to take a back pack and a couple of the larger books, especially for fungi.

Said book is one of my ambitions, but it's likely to take me forever.

I almost said that.

Put me down on the list when it's ready. A good basic book with some good photos. Not too many details that can be looked up in other guides, but a pocket foraging guide.

tahir

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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 05 12:21 pm Post subject:
I think a year or two of Downsizer and we should have enough material for a book.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 05 12:24 pm Post subject:
12 months of top 10s?

Bugs

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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 05 12:24 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

I think a year or two of Downsizer and we should have enough material for a book.

I'd buy it.

tahir

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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 05 12:25 pm Post subject:

Bugs wrote:

I'd buy it.

Funny enough i think I would too

cab

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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 05 1:21 pm Post subject:
Now THERE'S pressure I've been compiling the photography and recipes for a book for about two years now, on and off. I have all but two of the species I need pictured; annoyingly, since I bought my camera I have seen neither a morel nor a bilberry! Don't hold your breath...

tahir

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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 05 1:25 pm Post subject:
I'm sure someone must be able to find a morel or bilberry for you.

Bugs

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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 05 1:30 pm Post subject:
We've been looking out for morels recently...well, it does say so in a neat little article I read on February Foraging recently Problem is I'm not sure we're looking in the right places, and our camera is a bit rubbish, but if we do come across one, we'll see what we can do for you. You never know. Bilberries are pretty much a no-no I fear.

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