Simon & Schuster's Guide to Mushrooms by Giovanni Pacioni; Gary H. Lincoff (US Editor) - 1982

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Light shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book and jacket, front endpaper removed, remainder stamp to lower page edge; jacket is price-clipped. First printing, full number line. Dr. Very popular with mushroom hunters. Giovanni Pacioni, a world renowned mushroom expert, is a Full Professor of Applied and Environmental Plant Biology and pro-rector at University of L’Aquila, Italy. Since 1972 Dr. Pacioni has conducted research in the field of Biology of the higher fungi, first at the I.S.S. (Higher Institute for Health) of Rome, then at the University of L'Aquila, dedicating himself mostly to the mycorrhizal fungi. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!