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INDEX
Acknowledgments, [40].
Agaricaceæ, order of the, [77].
Agaricini, [75-178];
botanical characters of, [79].
Agarics, edible, [80-178];
Curtis's list of, [9-12].
Agaricus, [43-44];
vegetation of, [44-47], [85-92], [107];
botanical characters of, [77-79], [283].
Agaricus, species of:
—— Amanita, see Amanita;
—— arvensis, [85], [91];
epicurean opinions of, [94];
—— campestris,[9], [13], [21], [24], [80-95], [307, 308], [321];
the "Mushroom," [16-22];
variations in, [89-93];
spore-print of, [283];
—— candicans, [86];
—— euosmus, [147];
—— fusipes, [299];
—— gambosus, [95-101];
to cook, [313];
—— heterophylla, see Russula;
—— Marasmius oreades, [101-108];
—— melleus, [10], [28];
—— orcella, [300];
—— ostreatus, [10], [26], [141-148], [303], [307];
—— pratensis, [91];
—— procerus, [10], [86-87], [113-119], [312], [321];
—— ruber, [300];
—— ulmarius, [10], [26, 27], [148-154], [303], [312];
—— vaporarius, [91];
—— villaticus, [91];
—— virescens, [300].
See, also, Russula, Coprinus, Lactarius, Chantarelle, and Marasmius.
Agrippina, victim of Amanita, [59].
Amanita, genus of, readily identified, [2], [23], [74], [273].
—— Botanical characters of, [29], [33], [41-51], [79], [273].
—— The cup or volva in, [29], [33], [47-48], [57], [74], [273].
—— Vegetation and development of, [44-45], [74];
the veil or shroud of, [48].
—— Fatalities from eating, [2], [15], [29], [60];
a dangerous enemy, [15], [23], [29];
"silver test" upon, [26];
effect of salt and heat upon, [29].
——Poison of, [48], [60];
chemical nature of poison of, [48], [61];
Czar Alexis, [52];
Agrippina, [59];
intoxication from, [59-60];
dipsomaniacs, [59-60];
isolation of poison of, [61];
absorption of poison of, by contact and odor, [30], [69];
diagnosis and treatment of poison of, [38-39];
antidote for poison of, [61-68];
report of a case of poisoning by, [63-66];
poison of, extracted by vinegar, [71].
Amanita, Poisonous species of:
—— vernus, [17], [25], [51];
—— muscarius, [51], [73];
spore-print of, [289], [291];
—— phalloides, [51], [74].
—— Edible species of, [73];
Cæsarea, rubescens, strobiliformis, [9], [12], [48].
Amanitine, [60]; antidote, [62].
Alexis, Czar, victim of Amanita, [52].
America and Europe, comparative appreciation of fungi in, [299].
American and European fungi identical, [12].
American mycophagists, [8-9], [15].
Antidotes for mushroom poisoning, [62], [67-68].
Ants attacked by fungi, [295].
Asci in fungi, [256].
Ascomycetes, [256].
Asiatic Russia, Amanita dipsomaniacs of, [59].
Bacterium bacillus, [7-8].
Badham, Dr. C. D., quoted, xii., [12-13], [40], [177], [189], [237], [246], [299], [301], [306], [310], [316]. [Bibliography], No. 11, 326.
Baked mushrooms, [311-313].
Basket for gathering mushrooms, [36].
"Beefsteak" mushroom, [11], [27], [213-217], [303];
to cook, [314];
as salad, [319].
Bees and wasps, [36].
Beetles infesting fungi, [37].
Belladonna. See Atropine.
Berkeley, Rev. M. J., variations in Campestris, [40], [91];
quoted, [107], [237], [246], [294], [301]. [Bibliography], Nos. 13 and 16, 326.
Bibliography—
American, [325];
English, [326];
French, [327].
Bitter Boletus, [208].
Blights, [7].
Blue mould, [78].
Blue-stain Boleti, [196].
Boleti, [182-213];
botanical characters of, [181-184], [285];
hawk fed upon, [302];
fritters of, [314];
soup of, [314];
to dry, [321].
Boletus, characters of, [182];
various edible, [10], [26], [182-213];
spore-print of, [285].
Boletus,
—— alveolatus, [183], [201], [208];
—— castaneus, [10];
—— chrysenteron, [195-201];
—— collinitus, [10];
—— cyanescens, [201], [207];
cone-like, [202];
—— edulis, [10], [13], [16], [18], [189-190], [300];
artificial cultivation of, [86];
crimson, [213];
—— elegans, [10];
—— felleus, [207-213];
—— flavidus, [10];
—— granulatus, [10];
—— luteus, [10];
—— satanas, [207-208];
—— scaber, [10], [191-195];
—— subtomentosus, [10], [26], [183], [195];
blue stain of, [196], [201], [207];
—— strobilomyces, [202-207];
spore-print of, [281];
—— versipellis, [10].
Botanical discrimination, [31-32].
—— discrimination of Amanita. See Amanita.
Boudier, Emile. [Bibliography], No. 28, 327.
Bovista nigrescens, [10].
—— plumbea, [10].
Broiled mushrooms, [308].
Bubbola maggiore. See Pasture Mushroom.
Bulbosine, [60].
Campestris. See Agaricus.
Cantharellus,
—— cibarius, [10], [27], [172-178], [300];
—— aurantiacus, [178];
to cook, [310];
drying of, [321].
Caterpillar fungi, [295].
Catsup, Mushroom, [320].
Champignon "Fairy-Ring," [27], [87], [95];
to cook, [309];
dried, [321].
—— Poisonous, [108], [113].
Chantarelle. See Cantharellus.
"Chef à la mode," the, [305].
Chemical analysis of fungi, [14], [302].
Chestnut-burr fungus, [294].
Chestnut tongue. See Fistulina.
Chicken flavor in mushrooms, [303], [316].
Chinese caterpillar fungus, [296].
Cicada fungus, [295].
Classification of fungi, [77-78].
Claudius, Emperor, poisoned, [59].
Clavariei, [231], [247-256].
Clavaria, Various, [10-11];
amethystina, fastigiata, flava,
rugosa, stricta, umbrina, [255];
—— botrytis, [256];
—— formosa, [247];
to cook, [317];
used as salad, [319];
to dry, [322].
Club fungi. See Clavaria.
Cogomelos. See Pasture Mushroom.
Colored plates of the book, [39].
Coniomycetes, [78].
Consommé from mushrooms, [315].
Cooke, Rev. Dr. M. C., [40], [59], [214], [237], [273], [295], [306-307], [313], [315].
[Bibliography], Nos. 12, 16, 17, 326; No. 18, 327.
Cooking fungi, [72], [306-322].
Coprinus, [87];
to dry, [321];
—— atramentarius, [11], [27-28], [161], [163];
—— comatus, [11], [87], [154-160].
Coral fungi. See Clavaria.
Cordier, F. S., [246], [248], [306], [319]. [Bibliography], No. 25, 327.
Correspondents, [2-6].
Cortinarius castaneus, cinnamomeus, violaceus, [11].
Cosmopolitan fungi, [12].
Coulemelle. See Pasture Mushroom.
Crimson Boletus, [213].
Cryptogamia, the, [7].
Crystals on drying fungi, [227].
Culinary "treatment" of fungi, [72], [214], [304].
Cultivation of mushrooms, [85-86]. [Bibliography], No. 8, 325; No. 23, 327.
"Cup," the, in Amanita, [29], [33], [47-48], [57], [74], [273].
Currie, Dr., on Amanita poison, [60].
Curtis, Rev. M. A., pioneer American mycophagist, [9], [32], [40].
Curtis's, Rev. M. A., list of edible mushrooms, [9-12]; quoted, [219], [245], [301], [318]. [Bibliography], No. 1, 325.
Cystidium, the, [77], [256].
Deadly mushrooms and toadstools, [2-3], [43-74].
Deaths by fungi, [43], [61].
Decaying fungi, [6], [25], [30], [278].
Delagrave, C. H. [Bibliography], No. 26, 327.
Desiccation of fungi, [107], [119], [246], [262], [321].
Diagnosis and treatment of mushroom poisoning, [38], [63-68].
Doe-skin mushroom. See Hydnum repandum.
Dried fungi. See Desiccation of fungi.
Dufour, J. Constantin and Leon. [Bibliography], No. 32, 327.
Dust-like fungi, [78].
Economic fungology, [7], [13-14].
Edible Amanitæ, [9], [12], [73].
Edible mushrooms, number of species, [2], [7], [32], [60];
list of, by Curtis, [9-12];
popular tests for identification, [22-23];
become poisonous from contact with Amanita, [70].
Elm mushroom, [10], [26-27], [148-154], [303], [312].
Elvellacei, [231]. See Helvella.
Emetic mushroom. See Russula.
Epicurean perversity, [72].
European and American fungi identical, [12].
European mycologists, [14], [326-327].
Fairy-ring mushroom, [95], [101-108];
cause of "ring," [102], [107];
recipes for cooking, [107-108];
false or poisonous, [108], [113].
False Champignon, [108].
Farlow, W. G. [Bibliography], No. 9, 326.
"Fish mushroom," [154], [303], [312].
Fistulina hepatica, [11], [26-27], [213], [299], [303];
to cook, [314];
as salad, [319].
Fly, Fungus attacking, [295].
Fly-poison, Amanita, [27], [51-52], [72].
See Amanita muscarius.
Food, Fungi as, [8], [13-15], [35], [221], [245], [299-323].
"Foxfire," [227].
France, Fungus-eaters of, [14].
Fried mushrooms, [313-318].
Fries, Fungologist, [268].
Fritters of fungi, [314], [318].
Fungi. See, also, Toadstools, Mushrooms, and Moulds.
—— by mail, [4-5].
—— Chemical constituents of, [14], [302].
—— Classification of, [77-78].
—— Common tests for "Edible," and their reputation, [17-21], [24-29].
—— Coral. See Clavaria.
—— Crystals on, [227].
—— Cultivation of, [85], [88]. [Bibliography], No. 8, 325; No. 23, 327.
—— Desiccation of, [119], [246], [262], [301], [310], [321].
—— Economic, [7], [13].
—— Edible. See Agaricus Boletus, Clavarei, Fistulina, Helvella, Morel, Mushroom, and Puff-balls.
—— Fastidiousness in vegetation, [86-88], [294].
—— Gill-bearing (Agarics), [78], [178].
—— Hawk fed upon, [302].
—— Hygrometric properties of, [119].
—— Insects infesting, [25], [29], [34], [36-38], [135].
—— List of works on, [325].
—— Medical, [277].
—— Menu for fungus repast, [323].
—— Miscellaneous, [231-274].
—— Mycelium, or spawn, of, [44-45], [77], [85], [88], [92], [107].
—— Number of species of, [6], [30], [60].
—— on caterpillars and chrysalids, [295].
—— on chestnut-burr, [294].
—— on house-fly, [295].
—— opposed to cultivation, [86-88].
—— Ornamental forms of, [227].
—— Phosphorescent, [227].
—— Physiological features of, [15].
—— Poisoning by, [2], [15], [29];
diagnosis and treatment, [37];
remedies, [38-39];
intoxication from, [59];
antidotes, [62], [67-68];
report of poisoning case, [63-66];
poisoning by contact and odor, [69];
edible species inoculated by contact, [70].
—— Popular distrust of, [15], [21].
—— Rapid decay of, [6], [25], [30].
—— Raw, eaten as salad, [248], [319].
—— Recipes for cooking, [306-319].
—— simulating animal food, [15], [30], [302].
—— Spores and Spore-print of, [277-296].
—— Study of, [7].
—— traditions and superstitions, [22-23].
—— Vegetation of, [44], [47], [85-92], [107], [294].
—— Whims of habitat of, [294].
Fungologists, Amateur, safe rules for, [33].
Fungus food in Europe and America, [8], [13-15], [35], [299].
—— gnats, flies, and beetles, [37].
Gasteromycetes, [78].
Gathering mushrooms, Rules for, [35-36].
Gautier, Dr. M. L., [62]. [Bibliography], No. 29, 327.
Germany, Fungus-eaters in, [14].
Gill-bearing mushrooms, [75-178].
Gnats infesting fungi, [37].
Greville, R. R. [Bibliography], No. 19, 327.
"Grubs" in fungi, [25], [29], [34], [36-38], [135].
Harkness, Dr. H. W., [32], [245], [310]. [Bibliography], No. 5, 325.
Hawk fed upon Boleti, [302].
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, allusion to fungus phosphorescence, [228].
Hay, William D. [Bibliography], Nos. 20, 21, 327.
Heat destroys poison, [29], [72].
Hedgehog mushroom. See Hydnum.
Helvella crispa, [11], [231],