Publications considered most useful for identifying mushrooms and other fungi of the northeast are preceded by an asterisk.
GENERAL FIELD GUIDES with Links to AMAZON Books
David Arora, Mushrooms Demystified
Alan Bessette and Orson Miller, Mushrooms of North America in Color: A Field Guide Companion to Seldom-Illustrated Fungi
Alan Bessette et al, Mushrooms of North America in Color: A Field Guide Companion to Seldom-Illustrated Fungi
David W. Fischer and Alan Bessette, Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America: A Field-to-kitchen Guide
Bryce Kendrick, The Fifth Kingdom
*Michael Kuo, 100 Edible Mushrooms
Gary Lincoff, National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms (National Audubon Society Field Guides)
*Gary Lincoff, The Complete Mushroom Hunter: An Illustrated Guide to Finding, Harvesting, and Enjoying Wild Mushrooms
McKnight & McKnight, A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America (Peterson Field Guides)
Dr. Orson K. Miller and Hope H. Miller, North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide To Edible And Inedible Fungi (Falconguide)
Roger Phillips, Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America
Smith & Weber, The Mushroom Hunter's Field Guide
FIELD GUIDES TO SPECIFIC REGIONS
Joe Ammirati and Steve Trudell, Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest: Timber Press Field Guide (Timber Press Field Guides)
*Timothy Baroni, Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada, Timber Press Field Guide, 2017.
George Barron, Mushrooms of Northeast North America: Midwest to New England (Lone Pine Field Guide)
Alan E. Bessette, Arleen Bessette, and Michael W. Hopping, A Field Guide to Mushrooms of the Carolinas, 2018
Alan E. Bessette, Arleen Bessette, and William J, Neill, Mushrooms of Cape Cod and the National Seashore, 2001
Alan E. Bessette, Arleen Bessette, David L. Lewis, Mushrooms of the Gulf Coast States: A Field Guide to Texas, Louisiana, Missippi, Alabama, and Florida, 2019
*Alan E. Bessette, Arlene R. Bessette, David W. Fischer, Mushrooms of Northeastern North America
*Alan E. Bessette, Arleen Bessette, and William Roody, Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States
Alan E. Bessette, Dianna G. Smith, and Arleen Bessette, Polypores and Similar Fungi of Eastern and Central North America
Binion, Burdsall, Stephenson, Miller, Roody & Vasilyeva, MACROFUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH OAKS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
Denis E. Desjardin, Michael G. Wood, and Frederick A. Stevens, California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide
Todd F. Elliott and Steven Stevenson, Mushrooms of the Southeast, Timber Press, 2018
Vera Stucky Evenson, Mushrooms of the Rocky Mountain Region: Timber Press Field Guide
C.H. Kauffman, The Gilled Mushrooms of Michigan I, II
Teresa Marrone and Walt Sturgeon, A Simple Guide to Common Mushrooms: Mushrooms of the Northeast (2016)
Joe McFarland and Gregory Mueller, Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States: A Field-to-Kitchen Guide
William C. Roody, Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians
Bill Russell, Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic
Noah Siegel and Christian Schwarz, Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of Coastal Northern California
David L. Spahr, Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada
Paul Stamets, Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide
*Walter E. Sturgeon, Appalachian Mushrooms: A Field Guide
FIELD GUIDES TO SPECIFIC GROUPS OF FUNGI
*Bessette, Harris and Bessette, Milk Mushrooms of North America: A Field Identification Guide to the Genus Lactarius
Alan Bessette and William Roody, North American Boletes: A Color Guide to the Fleshy Pored Mushrooms
*Alan Bessette, William Roody and Arleen Bessette, Boletes of Eastern North America (2016)
*Bessette, Bessette, Roody and Trudell, Tricholomas of North America: A Mushroom Field Guide (Corrie Herring Hooks)
*Alan Bessette, Waxcap Mushrooms of Eastern North America
*Alan E. Bessette, Dianna G. Smith, and Arleen Bessette, Polypores and Similar Fungi of Eastern and Central North America 2021
*Michael Beug & Alan Bessette, Ascomycete Fungi of North America: A Mushroom Reference Guide (The Corrie Herring Hooks) (2015)
Gilbertson and Ryvarden, North American Polypores, 2 Volumes 1987.
Hesler & Smith, North American Species of Lactarius
Michael Kuo, Morels
Hesler & Smith, North American Species of Lactarius
Olle Person, The Chanterelle Book
Greg Marley, Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares: The Love, Lore, and Mystique of Mushrooms
Matt Trappe and Frank Evans, Field Guide to North American Truffles: Hunting, Identifying, and Enjoying the World's Most Prized Fungi
ONLINE REPRINTS OF CLASSICS at MycoWeb.com
Smith & Weber, North American Species of Pholiota
Hesler & Smith, North American Species of Crepidotus
MEDICINAL FUNGI
Christopher Hobbs, Medicinal Mushrooms: An Exploration of Tradition, Healing, & Culture
David L. Spahr, Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of New England and Eastern Canada
Paul Stamets, Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
MUSHROOM PHOTOGRAPHY
Taylor Lockwood, Treasures from the Kingdom of Fungi: Featuring Photographs of Mushrooms and Other Fungi from Around the World
Taylor Lockwood, Chasing the Rain: My Treasure Hunt for the World's Most Beautiful Mushrooms
OTHER GOOD READING
Eugenea Bone, Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms
Langdon Cook, The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America
Gary Lincoff, The Joy of Foraging: Gary Lincoff's Illustrated Guide to Finding, Harvesting, and Enjoying a World of Wild Food…
*Lawrence Millman, Fascinating Fungi, 2011
*Lawrence Millman and Amy Jean Porter, Fungipedia: A Brief Compendium
*Lawrence Millman, Giant Polypores and Stoned Reindeer: Rambles in Kingdom Fungi, 2017
*Jens Petersen, The Kingdom of Fungi
Steven L. Stephenson & Henry Stempen, Myxomycetes: A Handbook of Slime Molds