''Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi'' is a

mushroom A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing Sporocarp (fungi), fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or another food source. ''Toadstool'' generally refers to a poisonous mushroom. The standard for the n ...

field and identification guide by American mycologist

David Arora David Arora (born October 23, 1952)Barnard J. 1993. "Self-taught mushroom maven travels world for fungi". ''Associated Press'' December 31, 1993. Accessed 2008-01-20, via LexisNexis Academic. is an American mycologist, naturalist, and writer. He ...

, published in 1979 and republished in 1986. ''All That the Rain Promises and More…: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms'', a “field companion” to ''Mushrooms Demystified'' with cross references to that volume was published in 1991.Arora D. 1991. All That the Rain Promises and More…: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms. Berkeley:

Ten Speed Press Ten Speed Press is a publishing house founded in Berkeley, California, in 1971 by Phil Wood. It was bought by Random House in February 2009 and became part of their Crown Publishing Group division. History Wood worked with Barnes & Noble in 196 ...

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