Wild herbs and edible plants/mushroom books?

[jimB]

Hello, can someone give me a recommendation for a book that contains most of if not all the wild plants, herbs, and mushrooms native to Alberta that are okay for human consumption?

[SLH]

Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Rocky Mountains and Neighbouring Territories
By Terry Willard, James McCormick · 1992

No mushrooms though.

[Red Bullets]

This has some good online. Berries, plants and mushrooms of Alberta are listed. https://northernbushcraft.com/


Also, This book might be useful.
Aboriginal Plant Use in Canada's Northwest Boreal Forest.
by Robin Marles

[owlhoot]

Not just Alberta but I've been using these three since the late 70's. There is a fourth book called Edible Wild Greens.
Put out by the Natural Museum of Natural Sciences.

[Stinky Buffalo]

We have this one:

Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt to Plate (John Kallas, P.H.D.)

Not too bad, no mushrooms, though.

[ghostguy6]

Originally Posted by SLH

Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Rocky Mountains and Neighbouring Territories
By Terry Willard, James McCormick · 1992

No mushrooms though.

This is a good one.

I think you will need a separate book for mushrooms. Most survival guides say to avoid mushrooms unless your a trained expert. There are too many species that look ok but are poisonous. Even Ray Mears friend, Professor Gordon Hillman was a trained expert and ingested the wrong ones by mistake.

[dfarr67]

Attended a fungi show years ago at UBC, some of those wild mushrooms can fk you up if you don't know what you're doing.