Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous

by Thomas Taylor

STUDENT'S HAND-BOOK OF MUSHROOMS OF AMERICA

• [Part 1.]
  • [Introduction.]
  • [Cryptogams.]
    • [Fungi.]
  • [Classification.]
  • [Structural Characteristics of the Agaricini.]
    • [Mushroom Gills.]
    • [The Volva.]
    • [The Mushroom Veil.]
    • [Mushroom Spores and Mycelium.]
    • [Mycelium.]
  • [Etymology of the Word "Mushroom."]
  • [Food Value of Mushrooms.]
  • [Cautionary Suggestions.]
  • [Descriptions of Genera and Species.]
  • [Appendix A.]
    • [Preserving and Cooking Mushrooms.]
    • [Receipts.]
  • [Appendix B.]
    • [Glossary of Terms used in Describing Mushrooms.]
    • [Authorities Consulted.]
• [Part 2.]
  • [Ascomycetes.]
  • [Discomycetes.]
  • [Descriptions of Genera and Species (continued).]
  • [Receipts For Cooking.]
  • [Mushroom Growing.]
    • [Directions for Preparing the Compost for the Beds.]
    • [Compost for Mushroom Beds.]
    • [Mushroom Culture in Canada.]
    • [Cultivation of Mushrooms in Japan.]
    • [Manufacture of Spawn.]
      • ["Brick Spawn."]
      • ["Mill Track" Spawn.]
      • [Spawn Produced in a Manure Heap.]
  • [Appendix A.]
    • [Continuation of Glossary of Terms used in Describing Mushrooms.]
  • [Appendix B.]
• [Part 3.]
  • [Descriptions of Genera and Species (continued).]
  • [Analytical Table.]
  • [Polyporei.]
  • [Descriptions of Genera and Species (continued).]
  • [Recipes for Cooking Mushrooms.]
  • [List of the Genera of Hymenomycetes.]
  • [Brefield's Classification of Fungi.]
  • [Coniomycetes and Hyphomycetes.]
  • [Hyphomycetes.]
  • [Phycomycetes or Physomycetes.]
  • [Bibliography.]
  • [Continuation of Glossary of Terms used in Describing Mushrooms.]
• [Part 4.]
  • [Gasteromycetes.]
  • [Descriptions of Genera and Species (continued).]
  • [Myxomycetes or Myxogasters.—"Slime Fungi."]
  • [Genera of Gasteromycetes, according to Saccardo.]
  • [Bibliography.]
  • [Descriptions of Genera and Species (continued).]
  • [Appendix.]
• [Part 5.]
  • [Descriptions of Genera and Species (continued).]
  • [Alkaloids of the Poisonous Mushrooms.]
    • [Muscarin.]
    • [Phallin.]
    • [The Poisonous Alkaloid of Gyromitra Esculenta Fries (Helvella Esculenta Pers.)]
      • [Helvellic Acid.]
    • [Poisonous and Deleterious Mushrooms of the Lactar, Russula, and Boleus Groups.]
      • [Poisonous Boleti.]
    • [Recent Instances of Mushroom Poisoning.]
  • [Bibliography. Fungi.]
  • [Bibliography. Toxicology of Mushrooms.]
  • [Index to Illustrations.]
  • [Correction of Plates.]
• [Transcriber's Notes.]

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STUDENT'S HAND-BOOK

OF

Mushrooms of America

EDIBLE AND POISONOUS.

BY
THOMAS TAYLOR, M. D.