A treatise on the esculent funguses of England / containing an account of their classical history, uses, characters, development, structure, nutritious properties, modes of cooking and preserving, etc.
THE ESCULENT FUNGUSES OF ENGLAND.
A TREATISE ON THE ESCULENT FUNGUSES OF ENGLAND, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR CLASSICAL HISTORY, USES, CHARACTERS, DEVELOPMENT, STRUCTURE, NUTRITIOUS PROPERTIES, MODES OF COOKING AND PRESERVING, ETC.
BY CHARLES DAVID BADHAM, M.D.
EDITED BY FREDERICK CURREY, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S.
Πολλὰ μὲν ἔσθλά μεμιγμένα πολλὰ δὲ λυγρά.—Homer.
LONDON: LOVELL REEVE & CO., HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1863.
PRINTED BY JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR, LITTLE QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS.
David Badham
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ON THE ESCULENT FUNGUSES OF ENGLAND.
ETYMOLOGIES.
THE RANGE OF FUNGUS GROWTHS.
OF THEIR GENERAL FORMS, COLOURS, TEXTURE, TASTES, SMELLS, ETC.
ODOURS AND TASTES.
EXPANSIVE POWER OF GROWTH.
REPRODUCTIVE POWER.
MOTION.
PHOSPHORESCENCE.
DIMENSIONS.
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION.
USES.
MEDICAL USES.
FUNGUSES CONSIDERED AS AN ARTICLE OF DIET.
MODES OF DISTINGUISHING.
CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO THEIR GROWTH.
FAIRY RINGS.
ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNGUSES.
SPORES OR SEEDS.
DEVELOPMENT OF SEEDS.
SUCCESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPORES.
OF THE ANNULUS, THE VELUM, AND THE VOLVA.
METHODICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRITISH ESCULENT FUNGUSES.
Division I. HYMENOMYCETES.
Division II. GASTEROMYCETES.
DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES.
AGARICUS CAMPESTRIS.
AGARICUS DELICIOSUS.
BOLETUS LURIDUS.
AGARICUS PERSONATUS.
AGARICUS NEBULARIS.
CANTHARELLUS CIBARIUS.
AGARICUS COMATUS.
AGARICUS MELLEUS.
CONCLUSION.
Note on the Arrangement of the spores in Hymenomycetous Funguses.
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