This is a list of published books about mushrooms and mycology, including their history in relation to man, their identification, their usage as food and medicine, and their ecology.
These are larger works that may be hard to take on a hike but help with in depth identification after mushroom hunting.
Kuo, Michael (2005). Morels. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN978-0472030361.
Pacioni, Giovanni (1981). Simon and Schuster's Guide to Mushrooms. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN978-0671428495.
Stamets, Paul (1978). Psilocybe Mushrooms & Their Allies. Seattle Berkeley, Calif: Homestead Book Co. Distributed nationally by And/Or Press. ISBN0-930180-03-8.
Stamets, Paul (1996). Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide. Berkeley, Calif: Ten Speed Press. ISBN0-89815-839-7.
These are identification guides relevant only to Europe.
Bondartsev, A.S. (1971). The Polyporaceae of the European USSR and Caucasia. Jerusalem, Israel: Program for Scientific Translations. OCLC204648.
Breitenbach, J (1984). Fungi of Switzerland. Mad River Press. ISBN978-0916422479.
Kavina, Karel (1934). Atlas des Champignons de l'Europe (in French). Praha: Chez les éditeurs. OCLC3065296.
Lange, Jakob (1983). Guide des Champignons (in French). Neuchâtel: Delachaux et Niestle. ISBN9782603004692.
Lange, Morten (1967). Notes on the Macromycetes of Northern Norway (Acta Borealia, A. Scientia No. 23). Tromsø, Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.
Skirgiełło, Alina (1975). Fungi: Basidiomycetes, Boletales (Gryzyby). Warsaw, Poland: The Foreign Scientific Publications Dept. of the National Center for Scientific, Technical and Economic Information. OCLC3073155.
Sterry, Paul (1991). Fungi of Britain and Northern Europe. London: Chancellor. ISBN978-1851528103.
Buczacki, Stefan (2012). Collins Fungi Guide. HarperCollins. ISBN9780007466481.
Thompson, Peter (2013). Ascomycetes in Colour: Found and Photographed in Mainland Britain. Great Britain: Xlibris Corporation. ISBN978-1479747559.[self-published source?]
Bessette, Alan (2016). Boletes of Eastern North America. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. ISBN978-0815610748.
Bessette, Alan (2009). Milk Mushrooms of North America: A Field Identification Guide to the Genus Lactarius. Syracuse, N.Y: Syracuse University Press. ISBN978-0815632290.
Bessette, Alan (2010). North American Boletes: A Color Guide to the Fleshy Pored Mushrooms. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. ISBN978-0815632443.
Bessette, Alan (2013). Tricholomas of North America: A Mushroom Field Guide. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN9780292742345.
Bessette, Alan (2012). Waxcap Mushrooms of Eastern North America. Syracuse, N.Y: Syracuse University Press. ISBN978-0815632689.
Beug, Michael (2014). Ascomycete Fungi of North America: A Mushroom Reference Guide. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN978-0292742338.
Kerrigan, Richard (2016). Agaricus of North America. Bronx, New York, USA: New York Botanical Garden. ISBN978-0-89327-536-5.
Miller, Orson (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, Conn: Falcon Guide. ISBN9780762731091.
Phillips, Roger (2005). Mushrooms & Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. ISBN9781554071159.
Laursen, Gary (2009). Common Interior Alaska Cryptogams: Fungi, Lichenicolous Fungi, Lichenized Fungi, Slime Molds, Mosses, and Liverworts. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press. ISBN978-1602230583.
Binion, Denise (2008). Macrofungi Associated With Oaks of Eastern North America. Morgantown: West Virginia University Press. ISBN978-1933202365.
Russell, Bill (2006). Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic. University Park, Pa: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN978-0271028910.
Kauffman, C. H. (1971). The Gilled Mushrooms (Agaricaceae) of Michigan and the Great Lakes Region. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN9780486223964.
Kuo, Michael (2014). Mushrooms of the Midwest. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN978-0252079764.
McFarland, Joe (2009). Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois & Surrounding States: A Field-to-Kitchen Guide. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN978-0252076435.
Stone, Maxine (2010). Missouri's Wild Mushrooms: A Guide to Hunting, Identifying and Cooking the State's Most Common Mushrooms. Jefferson City, MO: Missouri Department of Conservation. ISBN978-1887247740.
Desjardin, Dennis (2015). California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN978-1604693539.
McKenny, Margaret (1987). The New Savory Wild Mushroom. Seattle: University of Washington Press. ISBN978-0295964805.
Siegel, Noah (2016). Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of Coastal Northern California. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN978-1607748175.
Trudell, Steve (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Portland, Or: Timber Press. ISBN978-0881929355.
Bessette, Alan (2019). Mushrooms of the Gulf Coast States. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. ISBN978-1-4773-1815-7.
Bessette, Alan (2007). Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States. Syracuse, N.Y: Syracuse University Press. ISBN978-0815631125.
Kimbrough, James (2000). Common Florida Mushrooms. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida, Extension Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. ISBN978-0916287306.
Metzler, Susan (1992). Texas Mushrooms : A Field Guide. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN978-0292751262.
Roody, William (2003). Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN9780813128139.
Weber, Nancy (1985). A Field Guide to Southern Mushrooms. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN978-0472856152.
Marrone, Teresa (2016). Mushrooms of the Northeast: A Simple Guide to Common Mushrooms. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications. ISBN978-1591935919.
Marrone, Teresa (2014). Mushrooms of the Upper Midwest: A Simple Guide to Common Mushrooms. Cambridge, Minnesota: Adventure Publications, Inc. ISBN978-1591934172.
Lincoff, Gary (1981). National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. New York: Knopf Distributed by Random House. ISBN978-0394519920.
Smith, Alexander and Weber, Nancy (1980). The Mushroom Hunter's Field Guide. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. ISBN978-0-472-85610-7.
Russel, Bill. (2006). Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic. University Park, PA. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-271-02891-2.
These are books about growing mushrooms and fungiculture.
Cotter, Tradd (2014). Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation: Simple to Advanced and Experimental Techniques for Indoor and Outdoor Cultivation. White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing. ISBN978-1603584555.
Oss, O. T. (1991). Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide: A Handbook for Psilocybin Enthusiasts. San Francisco, Calif: Quick American Pub. ISBN978-0932551061.
Stamets, Paul (2000). Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms: Shokuyō Oyobi Yakuyō Kinoko No Saibai. Berkeley, Calif: Ten Speed Press. ISBN1-58008-175-4.
Stamets, Paul (1983). The Mushroom Cultivator: A Practical Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home. Olympia, Wash. Seattle, Wa: Agarikon Press Western distribution by Homestead Book Co. ISBN0-9610798-0-0.
These are books related to the intersection of fungi and ecology, such as mycoremediation.
Gulden, Gro (1992). Macromycetes and Air Pollution: Mycocoenological Studies in Three Oligotrophic Spruce Forests in Europe. Berlin: J. Cramer. ISBN9783443590451.
McCoy, Peter (2016). Radical Mycology: A Treatise on Seeing & Working With Fungi. Portland, Oregon: Chthaeus Press. ISBN978-0986399602.
These are books that explore mushrooms and fungi from the perspective of food and food science, e.g. books that explore the chemical and nutritional compositions of edible mushrooms, or books of recipes specializing in using wild mushrooms.
Allegro, John (2009). The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross: A Study of the Nature and Origins of Christianity Within the Fertility Cults of the Ancient Near East. Place of publication not identified: Gnostic Media Research & Pub. ISBN978-0982556276.
Letcher, Andy (2008). Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN978-0060828295.
Money, Nicholas P. (2004). Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard: The Mysterious World of Mushrooms, Molds, and Mycologists. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN9780195171587.
These are books that don't act primarily as an identification guides but rather as catalogs, e.g. as a book of images of mushrooms with brief descriptions, or as a book listing species for a specific area without identifying information, etc.
Roberts, Peter (2011). The Book of Fungi: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species From Around the World. Chicago London: The University of Chicago Press. ISBN978-0226721170.