_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, 208-213;
---- _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, 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, 308-311, 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;
rustic appreciation of, 19, 27, 28.
See _Coprinus comatus_.
"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, 308-311, 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.