A Handbook of Mushrooms by Pilat, Albert (Forword, text by), and Usak, Otto (Identification assistance and artwork by) - 1959

London. Czechoslovakia print.: Spring Books., 1959. Circa 1959. No date found, other listings 1959.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Interior pages clean. Water stains to cover surface. End paper blemishing: soil spots, foxing.. 1 Light brown cloth over boards. 91p. 18 cm. "The purpose of this book is not to form an introduction to the study of mushrooms, mycology, but to help the reader in recognizing the commoner edible and poisonous species", from Pilat's Foreword. 80 plates show 94 kinds of fleshy fungi, all the higher mushrooms of the basidiomycete or asciferous group. Focus is given by the authors to mushroom poisoning, with each described fungi clearly indicated as to edible or poisonous, and with recommendations as to quality, tastefulness. Both text and illustration sections have same indicators.