Mushrooming: An Illustrated Guide to the Fantastic, Delicious, Deadly, and Strange World of Fungi
Mushrooming: An Illustrated Guide to the Fantastic, Delicious, Deadly, and Strange World of Fungi
Biographical Note: Diane Borsato is an award-winning artist exhibited in galleries and museums internationally. An associate professor at the University of Guelph in Ontario, she teaches advanced courses in experimental...
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Biographical Note: Diane Borsato is an award-winning artist exhibited in galleries and museums internationally. An associate professor at the University of Guelph in Ontario, she teaches advanced courses in experimental studio. Kelsey Oseid is an illustrator, author, and amateur naturalist. Her gouache illustrations focus on natural history and astronomy. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Brief Description: "A vibrant, illustrated guide to over 100 common and charismatic mushrooms, with storytelling that explores the connection between humans, fungi, and art"-- Review Quotes: Reference books reveal their singularity by their parameters. Mushrooming, by Diane Borsato, is a merry, idiosyncratic guide, charmingly illustrated by Kelsey Oseid. A sort of collector's journal of mushrooms and mushroom-related experiences, the book has entries on more than 60 North American species and is punctuated with personal essays, including one about Ms. Borsato's foray into the medicinal-mushroom world of New York's Chinatown. Among that community's stars is the supposed performance enhancer Ophiocordyceps sinensis, a fungal parasite that the showrunners of HBO's "The Last of Us" have so creepily and fancifully employed.-- "The Wall Street Journal" Review Quotes: This curious compendium of all things fungi will be welcomed by amateur mycologists, avant-garde artists, intrepid woods trampers, cautious cooks, and even armchair readers. . . . The illustrations alone, saturated with eye-pleasing, earthy colors, are worth the price.-- "Booklist" Review Quotes: Every turn of the page in Mushrooming reveals surprising delights, between the eye-catching illustrations, cleverly quippy commentary, and insightful background information. Whether you're the sort to dig in the dirt in search of mushrooms, are considering your next gastronomic adventure, or are simply eager to learn more about the natural history of our fungal friends--this book will speak to the mycologist in everyone.--Emily Graslie, creator of The Brain Scoop and ART LAB on YouTube and host/writer of Prehistoric Road Trip on PBS Table of Contents: 1 How to Use This Book 3 Is It Edible? 5 The Art of Mushrooming 14 Artist's conk 18 Bird's nest fungi 20 Black truffle 24 Black trumpet 26 Bleeding tooth 30 Blewit 34 Blue stain fungus 36 British soldiers lichen 38 Candy cap 40 Chaga 43 Chanterelle 48 the chinatown foray 54 Crown coral 56 Dead man's fingers 58 Deadly webcap 60 Death cap 62 Delicious milk cap 64 Destroying angel 68 Dog's vomit slime mould 70 Doll eyes 72 Domestic cup 74 Earthstar 76 Eyelash fungus 77 fermenting feminism 80 Field mushroom 84 Fly agaric 88 fungifest 91 Ghost pipe 93 Giant puffball 96 Golden spindles 97 Green-capped jelly babies 98 Hedgehog mushroom 100 Honey mushroom 102 Indigo milk cap 104 infinity burial suit 106 King bolete 112 Lemon drops 114 Liberty cap (magic mushroom) 119 Lion's mane 122 Little brown mushrooms 126 Lobster mushroom 130 Matsutake 134 the metropolitan museum foray 138 mushroom studio 140 Old man of the woods 144 Orange birch bolete 148 Oyster mushroom 152 Parasol mushroom 155 Parrot waxy cap 157 Pear-shaped puffball 160 Pheasant's back 164 Plant pot dapperling 166 Plums and custard 168 Raccoon skull 170 Satan's bolete 174 Scaly pholiota 176 Scarlet cup 178 Shaggy mane 180 The sickener 182 Skirted stinkhorn 184 Sleeping Beauty (chromefooted bolete) 187 soma 188 Verdigris agaric 190 White elfin saddle 192 Witch's butter 194 Witch's hat 197 Wood ear 200 Yellow morel and black morel 204 Yellow swamp brittlegill 208 zooetics: psychotropic house 211 How to Host a Mushroom Foray 217 A Mushroomer's Manifesto 220 Recommended Books and Websites 223 Author Acknowledgements 225 Illustrator Acknowledgements 226 Index 232 About the Author 232 About the Illustrator Review Quotes: A delightful, eclectic, and enjoyable tour of mushrooms and their place in our world . . . This is a book that isn't afraid to mix the personal with the practical and will thrill many readers because of that.--Tristan Gooley, New York Times-bestselling author of The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs Review Quotes: Mushrooming is, in every way, a delightful book.--Eugenia Bone, author of Mycophilia Review Quotes: Amid 'shroom boom, ' this book is ripe for the picking. . . . Mushrooming, which celebrates more than 120 different kinds of fungi through stories and art, takes a different tack than a traditional field guide. For one, Borsato isn't a mycologist--she's an artist. So the book explores not just individual mushrooms, but contemporary art and projects that embrace them.-- "Globe and Mail" Review Quotes: Absolutely terrific. This is a volume that, at first glance, is a field guide. But peering closer, as every mycologist knows, brings reward. Borsato's species descriptions are bright and lyrical; accompanying caps and stems rendered lovingly by Oseid. From art to culture to food, Mushrooming is a celebration of the human relationship with fungi.--Jonathan C. Slaght, author of Owls of the Eastern Ice Review Quotes: I want to live in Diane Borsato's brain. What a joy it is to experience the fruiting bodies of her deep wide intellect in this book about mushrooms, art, forests, feminism, poison, pasta, and so much more. This is my favorite kind of fence jumping, perspective shifting, deliciously illustrated, eloquently enquiring, radically alive book.--Kyo Maclear, author of Birds Art Life Review Quotes: There is a worldwide resurgence of interest in fungi, so Mushrooming arrives at a perfect time. . . . Diane Borsato's tales of mushroom hunters, the gouache renditions by Kelly Oseid, and, yes, the culinary side of mushrooms (choose them carefully!) combine to make this book a delightful adventure from beginning to end.--Jay Ingram, author of The Science of Everyday Life Review Quotes: Fungi are an order so mysterious they push our wonder and horror buttons simultaneously. In Mushrooming, Diane Borsato uses her radical curiosity to consider what they have to teach us about interconnection, the diversity of life, and the wildly creative possibilities of risk and attention.--Shary Boyle, artist Review Quotes: Mushrooming is as much about identification as it is about finding wonder in all that surrounds us. Borsato frames the silent hunt through art, ecology, spirituality, ethics, and access. A guide unlike any other, this book is a must for artists, nature lovers, and anyone looking to find more magic in the world around them.--Jen Delos Reyes, director and founder of Open Engagement Publisher Marketing: An incredible diversity of fungi is flourishing all around us, not just in the forest but in parks, markets, and even museums. Once you know how to look, you can find mushrooms named after fairies and demons, mushrooms that look so much like woodland birds they are shot at by hunters, mushrooms that glow in the dark . . . and so much more. Beyond serving as a guide for identification, Mushrooming explores how "the quiet hunt" can radically expand our perspectives, connect us to nature, and enrich our lives. Whether you're a beginner forager or an expert mycophile, this is the perfect handbook to spark your curiosity and deepen your appreciation for the fantastic, delicious, deadly, and strange world of fungi. Review Citations:
Contributor Bio:Borsato, Diane |
Author: Borsato, Diane
Publisher: Experiment
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: 2023-02-28
BISAC: Nature / Plants / Fungi & Mushrooms|Science / Life Sciences / Mycology|Nature / Reference
Subjects: Field guides|North America|Edible mushrooms|Mushrooms
Weight: 1.55 lbs
ISBN: 9781615199587
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9781615199587
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