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    Mushroom Spotter's Deck: A Field Guide to Fungi & Their Age-Old Wisdom
    Mushroom Spotter's Deck: A Field Guide to Fungi & Their Age-Old Wisdom
    Mushroom Spotter's Deck: A Field Guide to Fungi & Their Age-Old Wisdom
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    Mushroom Spotter's Deck: A Field Guide to Fungi & Their Age-Old Wisdom

    By Megan Lynn Kott

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    Complete with 78 cards, each featuring a watercolor painting of a mushroom on the front and an engaging description on the back—including identifying characteristics, fun facts, and a dash of mystical mushroom wisdom—this deck is an invitation to notice and appreciate the mysterious world of fungi. An accompanying booklet includes a brief introduction to mushrooms, a glossary of terms, plus guidance on how to use the cards: display them as art or keep them on hand during your nature walks! Packaged in an attractive, portable box, this playful and informative deck is a must-have for mushroom lovers of all varieties.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChronicle Books Digital
    Release dateApr 11, 2023
    ISBN9781797223230
    Mushroom Spotter's Deck: A Field Guide to Fungi & Their Age-Old Wisdom
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    Megan Lynn Kott

    Megan Lynn Kott is a Milwaukee-based illustrator and author of projects including Cat Lady Old Maid, Cat Tarot, Unfamiliar Familiars, and Pawmistry. She has collaborated with Maximum Fun, Tea Collection, Kitten Lady, and others. Her first word was "kitty."

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      Mushroom Spotter's Deck - Megan Lynn Kott

      Cover: Mushroom Spotter′s Deck, A Field Guide to Fungi & Their Age-Old Wisdom by Megan Lynn KottLogo: Chronicle Books LLC

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Anatomy of a Mushroom

      Defining Terms

      How to Use the Cards

      Words of Advice

      INTRODUCTION

      There’s Magic in the Forest

      I remember a moment—perhaps the moment—that solidified my love of mushroom hunting.

      This moment occurred a few years ago, toward the end of an autumn nature walk. It was a few weeks before Halloween, and my partner and I were hiking in a state park we’d never visited before, enjoying the changing scenery and one of the year’s last stretches of warm weather. I happened to be wearing a pointy witch hat that day (in honor of spooky season), and we’d overheard a child sheepishly ask their parents, after passing us on the trail, whether I was a REAL witch.

      By the time we were nearing the end of the loop, we had spotted a few interesting specimens (including a particularly handsome toad), but nothing too exciting. In all honesty, I was a little anxious to be done with the hike; in my haste to examine a little brown mushroom on a log, I’d brushed away a vine which I realized too late was poison ivy. At that point, I desperately wanted to get back to the parking lot, wash my hands, and hopefully stave off an itchy rash.

      We rounded a corner when, suddenly, I spotted a single small cluster of yellow-brown capped mushrooms, about a foot away from the edge of the path. They were Honey Mushrooms (Armillaria mellea), a prolific species capable of producing many mushrooms across their mycelial network. Then I noticed another one a few feet away, and then another, and then I realized that the forest floor around us was COVERED in small clusters of Honey Mushrooms. They were everywhere! If I hadn’t been looking out for them, I likely would have passed them by altogether. I realized then how special it was to see this overlooked world, which could have been so easy to miss and would have remained unseen. It felt like I was discovering a secret. It felt like magic.

      My greatest hope for this deck is that it will help you also discover unseen worlds.

      By learning how to look and what to look for, you’ll find that the realm of fungi reveals its magic to you. For millions of years, mushrooms have thrived on every continent; who knows what wisdom hides in their gills, pores, and unseen hyphae, waiting to be discovered? And perhaps, as you learn about the many mysterious fungi of the world, you’ll discover a little something about yourself along the way.

      Mushrooms Aren’t Plants

      About 1.5 billion years ago, fungi and animals parted ways (9 million years after plants and animals split), making fungi more closely related to humans than they are to plants. Fungi belong to their own kingdom, which includes yeasts, molds, and mushrooms. All mushrooms are fungi, but not all fungi are mushrooms. What we commonly refer to as mushrooms are the fruiting body of a fungus.

      Since mushrooms are not plants, they don’t contain chlorophyll and don’t require sunlight to grow. Sometimes you may find a mushroom growing underneath a layer of leaves, or inside a log. Learning what each mushroom looks like and where it might be found are important steps to a successful mushroom foray.

      Mushrooms grow on every continent, and there are approximately fourteen thousand species that scientists presently know about (and the number keeps growing!). Since I could not cover all of them, I included seventy-eight of my favorite mushrooms and other fungi. Each card in this deck contains a fungus’ illustration, scientific and common names, category, trophic type, and habitat where it might be found. Since the same mushroom might grow in different seasons across the world, what time of year you might find a mushroom depends on the growing season (or warmest months of the year, when the majority of plants bloom or fruit). These cards also contain small insights that might be gained from the discovery of each fungus.

      ANATOMY OF A MUSHROOM

      DEFINING TERMS

      AMATOXIN:

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