“THE PROOF OF THE _Fungus_ IS IN THE EATING.” I have constantly eaten
every species figured on the “Edible Sheet,” and many others that are
not. Few, I imagine, will expect me to have eaten every species on
the “Poisonous Sheet,” bearing, as they do, such adjective names as
“gloomy,” “fiery,” “satanical,” “inflaming,” &c.
However, years ago, without a proper guide and with very little
experience, I more than once became personally acquainted with the
unpleasant qualities of _one or two dangerous species_, the particulars
of which will be found in the proper place.
If the following brief descriptions are used in connection with the two
sheets of drawings, which I have copied from nature and transferred to
the stones myself (or in reference to the large drawings in the Bethnal
Green Museum), no one who is capable of distinguishing one thing from
another need fear making a mistake.
I shall be glad to give information regarding any species forwarded to
me carriage paid.
W. G. SMITH.
15, MILDMAY GROVE, LONDON, N.