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David Arora

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October 23, 1952 in The United States

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David Arora (born October 23, 1952) is an American mycologist, naturalist, and writer. He is the author of two popular books on mushroom identification, Mushrooms Demystified and All That the Rain Promises and More....

Arora first developed an interest in wild mushrooms while growing up in Pasadena, California and organized his first mushroom collecting group while in high school. He began teaching about wild mushrooms in the early 1970s while living in Santa Cruz, California. Arora has traveled extensively throughout North America and the world, photographing and hunting mushrooms and learning about the mushroom gathering traditions and economies of different cultures.

Mushrooms Demystified was first published in 1979 and was republished in...more

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Average rating: 4.64 · 343 ratings · 50 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi 463 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 1979 — 5 editions	My rating:
	All That the Rain Promises, and More ...: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms 467 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 1991	My rating:
	Russian Roulette by David Arora, Layona Kojevnikov (Translator) 367 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1990	My rating:
	Mushrooms of the World with Pictures to Color by Jeannette Bowers, David Arora 400 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1984	My rating:
	Mushrooms of the World Coloring Book by Jeannette Bowers, David Arora 000 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating: