Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi / How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc.
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GIFTS OF FOREST AND FIELD.
Revised Edition
HOW TO SELECT AND COOK THE EDIBLE; HOW TO
DISTINGUISH AND AVOID THE POISONOUS
WITH FULL BOTANIC DESCRIPTIONS
By CHARLES McILVAINE
PRESIDENT PHILADELPHIA MYCOLOGICAL CENTER, HONORARY MEMBER SALEM COUNTY AND
GLOUCESTER COUNTY, N.J., MEDICAL SOCIETIES
AND
Charles McIlvaine
Robert K. Macadam
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CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
Sub-Class BASIDIOMYCETES
Sub-Class ASCOMYCETES.
Sub-Class BASIDIOMYCETES.
TOADSTOOL POISONING AND ITS TREATMENT
POISONING BY AMANITA MUSCARIA.
ANTIDOTAL VALUE OF ATROPINE.
POISONING BY AMANITA VERNA OR A. BULBOSUS VERNA BULL.
POISONING BY AMANITA PHALLOIDES.
TO COOK MUSHROOMS.
BAKED MUSHROOMS ON TOAST.
CRUSTS OF MUSHROOMS.
TO DRY MUSHROOMS. (English method.)
STEWED MUSHROOMS ON TOAST.
TO FRY MUSHROOMS.
FRICASSE OF MUSHROOMS.
MUSHROOM PICKLES.
TO PICKLE MUSHROOMS. (English style.)
MUSHROOM CATCHUP.
MUSHROOM CATCHUP.
MUSHROOM CATCHUP. (English style.)
CANNED MUSHROOM SAUCE.
FRESH MUSHROOM SAUCE.
TO COOK BOLETI.
TO COOK CANTHARELLUS CIBARIUS.
TO COOK CLAVARIA.
TO COOK CLITOCYBE MULTICEPS.
TO COOK COPRINUS.
CROQUETTES.
DEVILED TOADSTOOLS.
TO COOK FISTULINA HEPATICA.
TO BROIL ANY CAPPED FUNGUS.
FRIED TOADSTOOLS.
TO COOK HYDNUM.
A HUNTER'S TOAST.
TO COOK HYPHOLOMAS.
TO COOK LACTARII.
TO COOK MARASMIUS OREADES.
TO COOK THE MORELL—MORCHELLA (from Persoon).
PÂTÉS.
TO COOK PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS.
TO COOK PUFF-BALLS.
TO COOK TRICHOLOMA PERSONATUM.
TO STEW THE TOUGHER TOADSTOOLS.
SOUP.
TOADSTOOLS WITH CHEESE.
BAKED TOADSTOOLS OF ANY GILLED KIND.
A CAMP BAKE.
GLOSSARY
INDEX TO GENERA
INDEX TO SPECIES
INDEX TO RECIPES FOR COOKING AND PREPARING FOR THE TABLE
INDEX TO GENERAL CONTENTS
PREFATORY
PUBLICATIONS
ILLUSTRATIONS TO SUPPLEMENT
INDEX TO SUPPLEMENT
RAISING MUSHROOMS AT HOME
GATHERING THE CROP.
