Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi Author: Charles McIlvaine Robert K. Macadam Release date: March 8, 2016 [eBook #51393] Most recently updated: October 23, 2024 Language: English Other information and formats: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51393 Credits: Produced by KD Weeks, Dianna Adair, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TOADSTOOLS, MUSHROOMS, FUNGI, EDIBLE AND POISONOUS; ONE THOUSAND AMERICAN FUNGI *** Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Bold characters are delimited by ‘=’ as =bold=. The single appearance of blackletter font is noted here by enclosing the text in ‘~’ as ‘~blackletter text~’. Minor errors in punctuation and formatting have been silently corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. The position of illustrations may have been adjusted slightly to avoid falling within a paragraph. [Illustration: GIFTS OF FOREST AND FIELD.] TOADSTOOLS, MUSHROOMS, FUNGI EDIBLE AND POISONOUS ONE THOUSAND AMERICAN FUNGI ~Revised Edition~ HOW TO SELECT AND COOK THE EDIBLE; HOW TO DISTINGUISH AND AVOID THE POISONOUS WITH FULL BOTANIC DESCRIPTIONS BY CHARLES MCILVAINE PRESIDENT PHILADELPHIA MYCOLOGICAL CENTER, HONORARY MEMBER SALEM COUNTY AND GLOUCESTER COUNTY, N.J., MEDICAL SOCIETIES AND ROBERT K. MACADAM TOADSTOOL POISONS AND THEIR TREATMENT, INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS, RECIPES FOR COOKING, ETC., ETC. INDIANAPOLIS THE BOWEN-MERRILL COMPANY PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT 1900, 1902 THE BOWEN-MERRILL COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N.Y. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS List of Illustrations v Preface xiii