Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms and How to Distinguish Them / A Selection of Thirty Native Food Varieties Easily Recognizable by their Marked Individualities, with Simple Rules for the Identification of Poisonous Species

by W. Hamilton Gibson

[261-262];
other species, [11];
recipes for cooking, [262], [316];
to dry, [322].
Historical fungi, [43], [59-60].
Hogg, Robert, LL.D. [Bibliography], No. 15, 326.
Horse mushroom. See Agaricus arvensis.
House-fly fungus, [295].
Hungarian soup of Boleti, [314].
Hussey, Mrs. T. J., [40], [306], [310-311], [315], [318]. [Bibliography], No. 10, 326.
Hydnei, [231-247];
to cook, [310].
Hydnum, [300], [307];
—— caput-medusæ, [11], [27], [238-243];
—— repandum, [11], [28], [232-238];
—— rufescens, [237-238];
—— coralloides, [245];
—— gelatinosum, [319].
—— Various edible species of, [11];
to cook, [246].
Hygrometric fungus, [119].
Hygrophorus eburneus and pratensis, [11].
Hymenium of fungi, [78].
Hymenomycetes, [78].
Hyphomycetes, [78].
Identification of fungi, [31].
Idiosyncrasy, [30], [61].
Indigestibility of certain species, [30].
Inky mushroom, [28]. See Coprinus.
Insects attacked by fungi, [295].
—— infesting fungi, [25], [29], [34], [36], [38], [135].
Intoxication by Amanita, [59].
Introduction, [ 1].
Italy, Fungus-eaters of, [14], [86].
Jelly-like mushroom, [319].
Johnson, Geo. W. [Bibliography], No. 15, 326.
Kamchatka, Amanita dipsomaniacs of, [59-60].
Ketchup, Mushroom. See Catsup.
Koppe, Dr., on Amanita poison, [60].
Lactarius, Poisonous, [61].
Lactarius, Various edible species of, [11];
—— deliciosus, [28], [166-171], [300], [311];
—— piperatus, [28], [171];
—— volemum, [171].
Lambs' kidneys, Flavor of, in fungi, [300], [311].
Letters to the author, [ 4].
Liver mushroom. See Fistulina.
Lucand, L. [Bibliography], No. 30, 327.
Luminous fungi, [227].
Lycoperdaceæ, [267].
Lycoperdon. See Puff-ball.
—— bovista, [11].
—— structure of, [270].
Mailing fungus specimens, [ 4].
Marasmius,
—— scorodoneus, [11];
—— oreades, [11], [101-108];
—— urens, [108-111];
—— peronatus, [109-113].
McIlvaine, Captain Charles, [32];
rule regarding edibility of fungi, [35];
diagnosis and treatment of mushroom poisoning, [39-40], [62];
fastidiousness of fungi, [86], [184], [208]. [Bibliography], No. 6, 325.
Meadow Mushroom. See Agaricus campestris.
Medical and Surgical Reporter quoted, [62].
Medusa Mushroom. See Hydnum.
Menu of mushrooms, [323].
Microbes, [ 7].
Microscopic fungi, [ 7].
Mildew, [ 7], [78].
Milky mushroom. See Lactarius.
Miscellaneous fungi, [231-274].
Mock oyster soup, [306].
Moore, Justin P. [Bibliography], No. 5. 325.
Moniteur Scientifique, quotation from, [61].
Morchella esculenta. See Morel.
—— caroliniana, [12].
Morel, [12], [231], [256];
to cook, [316];
to dry, [322].
Mortality in mushroom poisoning, [43].
Moss-mushroom, [245].
"Mother," [ 7].
Moulds, [ 7], [78].
Moyen, J. [Bibliography], No. 31, 327.
"Muscarine" poison, [60].
"Mushroom" and "Toadstool," [16-21].
Mushrooms. See Toadstools, Agaricus, Boletus, Polyporei, Fistulina, and Fungi.
—— à la crème, [308].
—— à la Provençal, [308].
—— Analysis of, [289-291].
—— Baked, [311-313].
—— Basket for, [36].
—— [Bibliography], No. 8, 325; No. 23, 327.
—— Broiled, [308].
—— by mail, [ 4].
—— catsup, [320].
—— Chemical nature of, [14], [61].
—— Chestnut-burr, [294].
—— Classification of, [77-78].
—— Cosmopolitan types of, [12].
—— Cultivation of, [85-86]. [Bibliography], No. 23, 327.
—— Drying of, for food, [119], [246], [262], [301], [310], [321].
—— Edible, [ 8], [13-15], [32].
—— Edible species:
plentiful supply of, [13], [35], [303];
Beefsteak, [11], [27];
Coral, see Clavaria;
Elm, [10];
"Fairy-ring," [95], [101];
False Fairy-ring, [108-109];
Horse, [85], [91-95];
Inky, [11], [26], [28], [88];
Meadow, see Agaricus campestris;
Milky, see Lactarius;
Moss, [245];
Oyster, see Agaricus ostreatus;
Pasture, [10], [13], [113];
Russulæ, [119-141];
Spine-bearing, see Hydnum;
St. George's, [95-101].
—— Fastidiousness of most species of, [86], [294].
—— Fried, [313], [317].
—— Fritters of, [314], [317].
—— Insects infesting, [25], [29], [34], [36-38], [135].
—— Large specimens of, [92].
—— List of works on, [325].
—— Menu, [323].
—— Melting. See Coprinus.
—— Milky. See Lactarius.
—— Moss. See Hydnum.
—— Mycelium or spawn of, and vegetation of, [44-45], [77], [85-88], [92], [107].
—— Number of edible species of, [ 2], [ 7], [ 9], [32], [60];
identification of, [ 2], [31];
Curtis's list of, [9-12];
nourishing properties of, [14];
chemical simulation of animal food by, [15], [30], [302];
popular tests for detecting, [22-23];
refutation of same, [24-29];
desiccation of, [119], [321];
recipes for cooking, [306-322].
—— Number of general species of, [ 6].
—— Pickled, [319].
—— pie, [312].
—— Poisonous species of, [ 2], [15], [17], [43-74];
deadly species of, [ 2], [15], [43-74];
poison by contact with, [30], [69];
vinegar, sweet oil, and whiskey, [39];
diagnosis and treatment of poisoning, [39], [63-66];
historical poisoning by, [43], [59-60];
fatalities from, [43], [61];
intoxication from, [59-60];
poison discriminated, [61];
antidotes, [62], [67-68];
report of a poisoning case, [63-66];
harmless mushrooms inoculated from poisonous, [70];
salt, vinegar, and heat, [29], [39], [71-72].
See, also, Amanita, Russula emetica, Boletus, and False Champignon.
—— Rapid decay of, [ 6], [25], [30].
—— Roast, [311].
—— Rules for gathering, [36], [70].
—— Rural authorities on, [16-22].
  —— salad, [319].
—— soup, [306-307], [323].
—— spawn. See Mycelium.
—— spores. See Spores and Spore-prints.
—— Stewed, [307-311], [315-317].
—— tube. See Polyporei.
—— Testing new species of, for edibility, [33].
—— Whims of habitat of, [294].
Mycetes fungi, [77].
Mycology and mycophagy, [3-4], [7-8].
—— Medical and economic, [7-8], [13-15], [35], [277].
Mycophagists of America, [8-9].
—— Amateur, safe rules for, [38].
Nero, [59]; poisonous mushrooms used by, [43].
Night, Fungi luminous by, [227].
Nourishing properties of mushrooms, [14].
Oak-tongue fungus. See Fistulina.
Odor of Amanita poisonous, [69].
Omelet, Mushroom, [277-278], [318].
Orcella, Agaric, [300].
Oyster mushroom, [10], [26-27], [141-148];
to cook, [303], [311], [315].
flavor in fungi, [237], [247], [300], [303], [307], [310], [312].
Pachyma cocos, [11].
Palmer, Julius A., quoted:
"Silver test," [25], [32], [40];
on Amanita poison, [61], [69-71], [184], [207];
on mushroom food, [303], [306], [311]. [Bibliography], Nos. 2, 3, 325.>
Pasture, or parasol, mushroom, [ 9], [13], [80], [113].
Paulet, [306], [314].
Paxillus involutus, [11].
Payer, J. [Bibliography], No. 27, 327.
Peck, Prof. Charles H., [32], [40], [182], [237], [246]. [Bibliography], No. 4, 325.
Persoon, [306], [316].
Phosphorescence in fungi, [227].
Pickled mushrooms, [319].
Pie of mushrooms, [312], [315].
Plates of the book, [39].
Pliny on mushroom "tests," [25];
on poisonous mushrooms, [43], [59];
on edible mushrooms, [298].
Poison-cup. See Amanita.
Poison of Amanita, [43], [61];
antidote, [68];
poisoning by contact and odor, [69].
Poisoning by fungi:
Diagnosis and treatment, [38], [63], [68];
vinegar as an antidote, [38], [71];
antidote, [62], [68];
Amanita, [ 2], [15], [43-74];
poisonous species identified, [ 2], [15], [61];
popular poison "tests" refuted, [17], [21-29];
poisoning by contact, [30], [69].
Poisons, fatal and minor, [ 2], [15], [17], [29-30], [61].
Polyporei, [78], [181-228];
to dry, [321].
Polyporus, various edible species of, [11];
—— sulphureus, [11], [219], [303];
to cook, [316];
botanical character of, [181-184], [285].
Popular discrimination between "toadstool" and "mushroom," [16-22];
popular distrust of fungi, [15].
Pore-bearing mushrooms. See Boletus, Polyporei, and Fistulina.
Procerus mushroom, [10];
pie of, [312].
Puff-ball fungi, [11], [13], [27], [78], [231], [267], [299];
gemmatum, [268];
saccatum, [268];
giganteum, [268], [318];
dissemination of spores of, [268], [277-280];
medical use of, [277];
as food, [277], [318];
to cook, [318].
"Punk," [37], [181].
Purée of mushrooms, [307].
Ragoût of mushrooms, [309], [316].
Ravenel, H. W. [Bibliography], No. 7, 325.
Recipes for cooking fungi, [72], [306-322].
"Ring" in mushrooms, [48], [85], [95].
Robinson, W., [306], [312-313]. [Bibliography], No. 23, 327.
Roques, Joseph, [237], [306], [310-311]. [Bibliography], No. 24, 327.
Rove-beetles infesting fungi, [37].
Rules for the venturesome, [33].
Russia, Fungus-eaters in, [14];
fly Amanita in, [29].
Russula, [12-13], [18], [26], [28];
—— lepida, [12], [127];
—— alutacea, [12], [133];
—— virescens, [12], [88], [120], [300];
—— emetica, [25], [27-28], [61], [120], [122], [136-141];
—— heterophylla, [134], [300];
—— ruber, [300].
Russulæ, [119];
opposed to cultivation of, [88];
insects infesting, [135];
to bake, [311];
as salad, [319];
to dry, [321].
Rust, [ 7].
Rustic fungology, [18-22].
Salad of mushrooms, [319].
Salt as an antidote, [39], [72].
"Salt test" of mushrooms, [23], [29].
Scaly mushrooms. See Amanita, Agaricus procerus, and Boletus strobiloides.
Schmiedeberg, Dr., on Amanita poison, [60].
"Scotch Bonnet." See Agaricus procerus.
"Sep." See Boletus edulis.
"Seven Sisters of Sleep," by Rev. Dr. M. C. Cooke, [59].
Shadle, Dr. J. E., [62].
Shaggy-mane mushrooms, [11], [13]; See Coprinus comatus.
rustic appreciation of, [19], [27-28].
"Shroud" in Amanita, [48].
Silver, Discoloration of, as a "test," [23].
Smith, Worthington T., [40], [306-307], [309], [314]. [Bibliography], No. 14, 326.
Smuts, [ 7].
Socket in Amanita. See Volva.
Soufflé of puff-balls, [318].
Sparassis,
—— crispa, [12];
—— luminosa, [12].
"Spawn," or mycelium, of fungi, [44-45], [77], [80], [85-88], [92], [107].
Specimens by mail, [ 5].
Spiders attacked by fungi, [295].
Spine-bearing mushrooms, [11], [27]. See Hydnum.
Spore-prints from mushrooms, [44], [277-296];
from Amanita muscarius, [287], [289];
from Boletus, [285], [287];
from Agaricus campestris, [283].
Spore surface, or hymenium, [78], [182].
Spores of fungi, [79], [87], [182], [268], [277-296];
number of, [279];
buoyancy of, [278-293];
various colors of, [287];
various forms of, [293].
Sporidiifera, [77], [231], [256].
Sporifera, [77-78], [231], [256].
Staphylinus beetles infesting mushrooms, [37].
Stevenson, John. [Bibliography], No. 22, 327.
Stew of fungi, [307-311], [315-317].
St. George's mushroom, [95-101].
Strobilomyces, [202].
Styptic, Puff-balls used as, [277].
Sulphur mushroom, [219], [303];
to cook, [316];
as a salad, [319].
"Sweetbreads" in fungi, [300], [303].
Sweet-oil treatment for mushroom poisoning, [39].
Taylor, Thomas M. [Bibliography], No. 8, 325.
Teeth-bearing mushrooms. See Hydnum.
Tertullian on toadstools, [17].
Testing new species for edibility, [33].
"Tests" or "proofs" for the detection of poisonous species, [17], [21-29].
Therapeutic Gazette, quotation from, [39].
Thore, Dr., quoted, [86].
Thread-like fungi, [78].
"Tinder," [37], [181].
"Toadstool" and "Mushroom,"

[16-21], [36];
popular discrimination of, [16-24];
popular tests for their discrimination and their refutation, [17-22], [24-29];
See Mushroom, Fungi, Agaricus, Amanita,Boletus, Polyporei, Morel, Clavaria, Helvella.
"Toadstools," [181].
"Touchwood," [37], [181].
Tremella mesenterica, [12].
Tremelodon gelatinosum, [319].
Trichogastres, [231]. See Puff-balls.
Tube mushrooms. See Polyporei, Boletus, and Fistulina.
Vegetarian, Menu for the, [304], [323].
Veil in mushrooms, [48], [60], [85].
Vigier, Dr., on Amanita poison, [60].
Vinegar as an antidote for mushroom poisoning, [39], [71].
Vitadini, [318].
Volva in Amanita, Importance of, in classification, [29], [33], [48], [77].
Warty mushrooms. See Amanita, Pasture Mushroom, and Strobylomyces.
Wasps and bees, [36].
Fungus attacking, [295].
Whiskey in mushroom poisoning, [39].
Wormy specimens of fungi, [25], [30], [34], [36-38], [135].