Through the courtesy of Mr. Hollis Webster, Secretary of the Boston Mycological Club, the following list of mushrooms, which have been collected and eaten by members of that club during the past year, has been supplied to me:
- AMANITA.
- A. Cæsarea Scop., "True Orange."
- A. rubescens Persoon.
- A. vaginata Bull.
- LEPIOTA.
- L. procera Scop., "Parasol Mushroom."
- L. rachodes Vilt.
- L. Americana Pk.
- L. naucinoides.
- ARMILLARIA.
- A. mellea Vahl, "Honey Mushroom."
- TRICHOLOMA.
- T. equestre L.
- T. sejunctum Low, "Yellow Blusher."
- T. portentosum Fr.
- T. coryphacum Fr.
- T. russula Schaeff.
- T. columbetta Fr.
- T. gambosum Fr., "St. George's Mushroom."
- T. personatum.
- T. nudum.
- HYGROPHORUS.
- H. virgineus Fr.
- H. fuligineus Frost.
- H. flavo discus Frost, "Yellow Sweet-Bread."
- H. hypothejus Fr.
- H. puniceus Fr.
- LACTARIUS.
- L. piperatus Fr.
- L. deliciosus Fr.
- L. volemus Fr.
- RUSSULA.
- R. virescens Fr.
- R. lepida Fr.
- R. punctata Gt.
- R. aurata Fr.
- R. ochracea Fr.
- R. alutacea Fr.
- CANTHARELLUS.
- C. cibarius Fr.
- C. umbonatus Fr.
- MARASMIUS.
- M. oreades Fr., "Fairy Ring."
- M. scorodonius Fr.
- M. alliaceus Fr.
- HYPHOLOMA.
- H. sublateritium Schaeff.
- H. candolleanum Fr.
- H. perplexum.
- H. appendiculatum Bull.
- COPRINUS.
- C. comatus Fr., "Shaggy Mane."
- C. ovatus Fr.
- C. atramentarius.
- C. micaceus Fr.
- C. fimetarius Fr.
- CORTINARIUS.
- C. turmalis Fr.
- C. sebaceus Fr.
- C. cærulescens Fr.
- C. collinitus Fr.
- C. violaceus Fr.
- C. albo violaceus Pers.
- C. cinnamomeus Fr.
- C. cinnamomeus var. semi-sanguineus Fr.
- CLITOCYBE.
- C. clavipes Fr.
- C. odora Fr.
- C. dealbata Low.
- C. laccata Scop.
- C. multiceps Pk.
- C. infundibuliformis Schaeff.
- COLLYBIA.
- C. dryophila Bull.
- C. velutipes Curt.
- PLEUROTUS.
- P. ostreatus Fr.
- P. sapidus Kalch.
- P. ulmarius Fr., Elm-tree Mushroom.
- P. pluteus cervinus Schaeff.
- CLITOPILUS.
- C. prunulus Scop.
- C. orcella Bull.
- C. unitinctus Pk.
- C. Seymourianus Pk.
- PHOLIOTA.
- P. caperata Pers., "The Gypsy."
- P. præcox (when too old is bitter).
- P. adiposa.
- AGARICUS (Psalliota).
- A. arvensis.
- A. cretaceus Fr.
- A. campester L.
- A. silvicola Vilt.
- SPARASSIS.
- S. crispa Fr.
- CLAVARIA.
- (Any and all Clavarias found are generally eaten by us without identification).
- C. botrytes Pers.
- C. amethystina Bull.
- C. coralloides L.
- C. cinerea Bull.
- C. aurea Schaeff.
- C. rugosa Bull.
- C. pistillaris L.
- LYCOPERDON.
- L. cyathiforme Bose.
- L. giganteum Batsch.
- L. pyriforme Schaeff.
- L. saccatum Fr.
- MORCHELLA.
- M. esculenta Bull.
- M. conica Pers.
- PEZIZA.
- P. aurantia Vahl.
- STROBILOMYCES.
- S. strobilaceus Berk.
- FISTULINA.
- F. hepatica Fr., "Beef Steak Mushroom."
- POLYPORUS.
- P. betulinus Fr. (coriaceous when old).
- P. sulphureus Fr.
- HYDNUM.
- H. imbricatum L.
- H. repandum L.
- H. caput-medusæ Bull.
- Also thirteen of the Boleti.
STUDENT'S HAND-BOOK
OF
Mushrooms of America
EDIBLE AND POISONOUS.
BY
THOMAS TAYLOR, M. D.