List of Illustrations v Preface xiii Introduction xv Instructions to Students xxix Abbreviations of the Names of Authors of Species xxxv Names of the Principal Reporters of American Species xxxvii Text 1 Toadstool Poisoning and its Treatment 621 Recipes for Cooking and Preparing for the Table 635 Glossary 651 Index to Genera 690 Index to Species 692 Index to Recipes for Cooking and Preparing for the Table 702 Index to General Contents 703 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE FIG. TEXT PLATE PAGE PAGE _Frontispiece_, colored. I. Tabular view of the genera of Agaricaceæ 2 II. Leucosporæ. Chart of Genera 2 III. Progressive growth of Agarics 2 IV. Gill shapes 2 V. Ring shapes and positions; volva shapes 2 VI. Colored 6 1. Amanita spreta 11 2. phalloides (white var.) 7 3. phalloides (brown var.) 7 4. muscaria 14 5. Frostiana 16 6. Gyromitra esculenta 546 VII. Section of Amanita phalloides showing parts of an Agaric 3 VIII. Colored 18 1. Amanita chlorinosma 25 2. rubescens and section 21 3. strobiliformis 19 IX. Amanita muscaria. Half-tone 14 X. Colored 28 1. Amanitopsis vaginata 28 2. vaginata, var. livida 29 3. nivalis 29