Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
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GEORGE FRANCIS ATKINSON
Professor of Botany in Cornell University, and Botanist of the
Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
Recipes for Cooking Mushrooms, by Mrs. Sarah Tyson Rorer
Chemistry and Toxicology of Mushrooms, by J. F. Clark
WITH 230 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE
AUTHOR, AND COLORED PLATES BY F. R. RATHBUN
SECOND EDITION
NEW YORK
George Francis Atkinson
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SECOND EDITION.
FORM AND CHARACTERS OF THE MUSHROOM.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE MUSHROOM.
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AGARICUS Linn. (PSALLIOTA Fr.)
HYPHOLOMA Fr.
STROPHARIA Fr.
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THE BLACK-SPORED AGARICS.
COPRINUS Pers.
PSATHYRELLA Fr.
GOMPHIDIUS Fr.
THE WHITE-SPORED AGARICS.
AMANITA Pers.
AMANITOPSIS Roze.
LEPIOTA Fr.
ARMILLARIA Fr.
CLITOCYBE Fr.
COLLYBIA Fr.
MYCENA Fr.
OMPHALIA Fr.
PLEUROTUS Fr.
HYGROPHORUS Fries.
LACTARIUS Fr.
RUSSULA Pers.
MARASMIUS Fr.
SCHIZOPHYLLUM Fr.
TROGIA Fr.
THE ROSY-SPORED AGARICS.
PLUTEUS Fr.
VOLVARIA Fr.
CLITOPILUS Fr.
ENTOLOMA Fr.
THE OCHRE-SPORED AGARICS.
PHOLIOTA Fr.
NAUCORIA Fr.
GALERA Fr.
HEBELOMA Fr.
INOCYBE Fr.
CREPIDOTUS Fr.
CORTINARIUS Fr.
BOLBITIUS Fries.
PAXILLUS Fr.
THE TUBE-BEARING FUNGI. POLYPORACEAE.
BOLETUS Dill.
HEDGEHOG FUNGI: HYDNACEAE.
HYDNUM Linn.
CORAL FUNGI: CLAVARIACEAE.
THE TREMBLING FUNGI: TREMELLINEAE.
TREMELLA Dill.
GYROCEPHALUS Pers.
THELEPHORACEAE.
PUFF-BALLS: LYCOPERDACEAE.
LYCOPERDON Tourn.
THE STINK-HORN FUNGI: PHALLOIDEAE Fries.
DICTYOPHORA Desvaux.
MORELS, CUP-FUNGI, HELVELLAS, ETC.: DISCOMYCETES.
MORCHELLA Dill.
HELVELLA L.
THE TRUE CUP-FUNGI.
COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE FLESHY FUNGI.
SELECTION AND PREPARATION OF MUSHROOMS FOR THE TABLE.
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CULTIVATION OF MUSHROOMS.
THREE METHODS SUGGESTED FOR GROWING MUSHROOMS IN CELLARS AND SHEDS.
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RECIPES FOR COOKING MUSHROOMS.
COPRINUS COMATUS and COPRINUS ATRAMENTARIUS.
COPRINUS MICACEUS.
LEPIOTA.
OYSTER MUSHROOMS (Pleurotus).
RUSSULA.
LACTARII.
BEEFSTEAK SMOTHERED WITH MUSHROOMS.
BOLETI.
HYDNUM.
CLAVARIA.
PUFF-BALLS.
MORCHELLA.
GENERAL RECIPES.
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CHEMISTRY AND TOXICOLOGY OF MUSHROOMS.
Table I.
Table II.
DESCRIPTION OF TERMS APPLIED TO CERTAIN STRUCTURAL CHARACTERS OF MUSHROOMS.
ANALYTICAL KEYS.
CLASS FUNGI.
THE WHITE-SPORED AGARICS.
THE OCHRE-SPORED AGARICS.
THE ROSY-SPORED AGARICS.
THE BLACK-SPORED AGARICS.
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