Thought the hype around those musty old library discard bins was overblown until I pulled a 1923 field guide to Pacific Northwest mushrooms that had actual pressed specimens inside.

Emery Moore · 2026-05-11T14:20:05.526356+00:00

Found it at the Friends of the Library sale in Portland for 50 cents and a guy next to me literally gasped when he saw the pressed mushrooms still intact between the pages, anyone ever find something like that tucked away in an old book?

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Thought the hype around those musty old library discard bins was overblown until I pulled a 1923 field guide to Pacific Northwest mushrooms that had actual pressed specimens inside. | Dusty Jackets Finders - Librear