--- product_id: 2737365 title: "Mushrooming Without Fear: The Beginner's Guide to Collecting Safe and Delicious Mushrooms" price: "¥3410" currency: JPY in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/2737365-mushrooming-without-fear-the-beginners-guide-to-collecting-safe-delicious store_origin: JP region: Japan --- # Mushrooming Without Fear: The Beginner's Guide to Collecting Safe and Delicious Mushrooms **Price:** ¥3410 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Mushrooming Without Fear: The Beginner's Guide to Collecting Safe and Delicious Mushrooms - **How much does it cost?** ¥3410 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/2737365-mushrooming-without-fear-the-beginners-guide-to-collecting-safe-delicious) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Is it safe or not? What gourmands and nature lovers need to know to harvest your own. Advice, with photographs, from an expert! Novices eager to collect tasty wild mushrooms will find this unique guide invaluable. Unlike others, it focuses only on those types that are both safe to eat and delicious. Most importantly, it presents the eight rules of mushroom gathering in a straightforward fashion, including, "Never, never take a mushroom with gills" and "If a mushroom smells rotten, it is rotten." Among the mushrooms covered are the cep; the red-cracked, larch, bay, and birch boletes; hen of the woods, chanterelle, trumpet chanterelle, hedgehog fungus, common puffball, horn of plenty, and cauliflower mushroom. Each is identified with several photographs and identification checklist, and there's also information on mushroom season, handling, storage, and cooking, complete with recipes. Review: GREAT! Read the whole thing, not just parts...it's a SYSTEM and only for BEGINNERS - A very clear guide and system to identifying SOME of the choice edible mushrooms out there (I am in Virgina and it works for me...most of the shromms listed are available across the US). MUST READ FROM FRONT TO BACK including the Introduction (no skipping) to understand the rules of his system. Yes, there are plenty of other edible mushrooms out there that are not mentioned in this book. This book is merely meant to get you started and keep you absolutely, unquestionably safe. It is *not*, however, intended to be a guide to *all* edible mushrooms. You will see critiques of this book that say the suthor tells you not to eat mushrooms with gills. That's because it is HIS SYSTEM of keeping you safe at first. Of course there are edible mushrooms with gills. Are they able to be confused with potentially toxic mushrroms? YES> That's why they are not in this book. If critics would have read the info instead of taking bits out of context, they would have seen that. I am a biologist who has been studying and eating and growing my own mushrooms for years. I recommend this book ONLY FOR BEGINNERS. People who have some mushroom study already under their belt do not need this system. It's great for the completely un-initiated who don't want to die. Review: Highly recommended for all ages! - This guide is very descriptive in terms of the edible varieties of mushrooms. In our neck of the woods, we also can get lobster mushrooms (which are also edible), which were not added to this book, though. Obviously there are so many edible varieties that would make this book super thick, buy I'm glad it's not a thick book. It's a very easy read. Several of my 10-year-old students were wanting to read it, and one asked to take it home with him to study. He even came back the next day with a little bookmark in it! It's not a children's book, per se, it's just easy and interesting enough for them to read. I even added a bonus question on the test pertaining to the majority of mushrooms with gills, that EVERY student got correct; which tells me that even pre-teens will remember the foraging hints in this book. So if you, too, are over the typical curriculum dumbing-down, try giving quality nonfiction books like these a whirl. It helped my lower students become better readers because they actually WANT to know what's between the covers. For this age group I also recommend "Survivor Kid" by Denise Long (A book I've taught in class for two years now that gets excellent feedback from the youngsters!) But as far as mushrooming goes, "Mushrooming Without Fear" is also awesome, liked, and resourceful for all ages. Highly recommended! ## Features - Skyhorse Mushrooming without Fear: The Beginner's Guide to Collecting Safe and Delicious Mushrooms ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #17,879 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #7 in Sustainable Agriculture (Books) #12 in Mushrooms in Biological Sciences #25 in Outdoors & Nature Reference | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,354 Reviews | ## Images ![Mushrooming Without Fear: The Beginner's Guide to Collecting Safe and Delicious Mushrooms - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Vw5n0FPBL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ GREAT! Read the whole thing, not just parts...it's a SYSTEM and only for BEGINNERS *by L***S on May 7, 2020* A very clear guide and system to identifying SOME of the choice edible mushrooms out there (I am in Virgina and it works for me...most of the shromms listed are available across the US). MUST READ FROM FRONT TO BACK including the Introduction (no skipping) to understand the rules of his system. Yes, there are plenty of other edible mushrooms out there that are not mentioned in this book. This book is merely meant to get you started and keep you absolutely, unquestionably safe. It is *not*, however, intended to be a guide to *all* edible mushrooms. You will see critiques of this book that say the suthor tells you not to eat mushrooms with gills. That's because it is HIS SYSTEM of keeping you safe at first. Of course there are edible mushrooms with gills. Are they able to be confused with potentially toxic mushrroms? YES> That's why they are not in this book. If critics would have read the info instead of taking bits out of context, they would have seen that. I am a biologist who has been studying and eating and growing my own mushrooms for years. I recommend this book ONLY FOR BEGINNERS. People who have some mushroom study already under their belt do not need this system. It's great for the completely un-initiated who don't want to die. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highly recommended for all ages! *by C***Y on September 21, 2019* This guide is very descriptive in terms of the edible varieties of mushrooms. In our neck of the woods, we also can get lobster mushrooms (which are also edible), which were not added to this book, though. Obviously there are so many edible varieties that would make this book super thick, buy I'm glad it's not a thick book. It's a very easy read. Several of my 10-year-old students were wanting to read it, and one asked to take it home with him to study. He even came back the next day with a little bookmark in it! It's not a children's book, per se, it's just easy and interesting enough for them to read. I even added a bonus question on the test pertaining to the majority of mushrooms with gills, that EVERY student got correct; which tells me that even pre-teens will remember the foraging hints in this book. So if you, too, are over the typical curriculum dumbing-down, try giving quality nonfiction books like these a whirl. It helped my lower students become better readers because they actually WANT to know what's between the covers. For this age group I also recommend "Survivor Kid" by Denise Long (A book I've taught in class for two years now that gets excellent feedback from the youngsters!) But as far as mushrooming goes, "Mushrooming Without Fear" is also awesome, liked, and resourceful for all ages. Highly recommended! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Misleading editorial review *by T***E on October 16, 2009* There are, indeed, hundreds of color pictures in this book (a must for field guides, in my opinion), and great step-by-step instructions. However, do not be misled... this is strongly oriented toward helping mushrooming beginners to get started. Only twelve (not 700+) types of mushrooms are identified, and while it seems to be a good selection I found myself wanting to be able to identify other mushrooms I've found, good or bad. With all the pictures, this book is an easy read. I finished it in about an hour. The pictures and checklists are well organized. In summary, I love the book and recommend it as a beginning mushrooming guide -- with caveats. It does a great (maybe overzealous) job of eliminating riskier candidates. However, even with the small number of mushrooms covered, it may be slightly oversimplified in spots. It would be discouraging to start into this hobby and not be able to find any of these twelve varieties, yet pass by other excellent candidates. Then again, you have to start somewhere... ## Frequently Bought Together - Mushrooming Without Fear: The Beginner's Guide to Collecting Safe and Delicious Mushrooms - Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide to Over 200 Natural Foods - Edible Wild Plants for Beginners: The Essential Edible Plants and Recipes to Get Started --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.jp/products/2737365-mushrooming-without-fear-the-beginners-guide-to-collecting-safe-delicious](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/2737365-mushrooming-without-fear-the-beginners-guide-to-collecting-safe-delicious) --- *Product available on Desertcart Japan* *Store origin: JP* *Last updated: 2026-10-05*