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Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi: How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc.McIlvaine, Charles

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Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi: How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc.

Name: Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi: How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc.
Author: McIlvaine, Charles

McIlvaine, Charles

Cooking (Mushrooms); Edible mushrooms -- North America; Fungi -- North America; Mushrooms; Mushrooms, Poisonous -- North America

There are no species in the series corresponding to Amanitæ. In
Acetabularia there is a cup-like volva; in Pholiota there is a distinct
interwoven ring on the stem; in Cortinarius the secondary veil is like a
cobweb, and may form an imperfect zone around the stem, or hang as
fibers from the margin of the cap; Pluteolus exactly resembles Pluteus.

There are many edible species of good quality in the series. None are
known to be poisonous. The substance, as a rule, is tougher than in most
of the preceding genera, and in many instances has a strong woody
flavor. Several species are late growers, and are among the best of
fungi. Notably in Pholiota.

                         =ACETABULA´RIA= Berk.

         _Acetabulum_, a vinegar-cup. From the cup-like volva.

Universal veil distinct from the pileus; hymenophore distinct; gills
free; spores pallid, tawny or brown.

Analogous to Volvaria and Chitonia.

No American species reported.

[Illustration]

                            =PHOLIO´TA= Fr.

                             _Gr_—a scale.

=Pileus= more or less fleshy. =Gills= adnate, with or without a
decurrent tooth, tawny or rust colored at maturity from the spores.
=Flesh= of stem continuous with that of the pileus. =Ring= distinct,
interwoven. =Spores= sepia-brown, bright yellowish-brown or light red.

Generally on wood, sometimes on the ground in damp moss, frequently
densely cespitose. Some of the species are large and bright colored.
Distinguished from all other genera of the brown-spored series by the
possession of a distinct ring. In Cortinarius the veil and ring are
web-like.

Stevenson notes in his description of the genus: “None are to be
commended as edible.” My investigation shows that there are several
delicious species, notably P. squarrosa and subsquarrosa. Their lateness
and plentifulness make them valuable food fungi. I have nothing but
praise for the entire genus.

                          ANALYSIS OF TRIBES.

      _A._ HUMIGENI (_humus_, ground; _gigno_, to bear). Page 270.

On the ground, rarely cespitose.

* Eudermini. _Gr_—well; _dermini_, the brown-spored series.

Spores ferruginous.

** Phæoti. _Gr_—dusky.

Spores dusky rust-colored.

   _B._ TRUNCIGENI (_truncus_, a trunk; _gigno_, to bear). Page 273.

On wood; subcespitose.

* Ægeritini. _P. ægerita_, the type of the section.

Pileus naked, not scaly, sometimes cracked. Gills pallid, then reddish
or dusky. None known to be edible.

** Squamosi—_squama_, a scale.

Pileus scaly, not hygrophanous. Gills becoming discolored.

* Gills not becoming purely rust-colored.

** Gills yellow, then rust-color or tawny.

*** Hygrophani. _Gr_—moist; to appear.

Gills cinnamon, not at first yellow.

           _C._ MUSCIGENI (_muscus_, moss; _gigno_, to bear).

Hygrophanous. Like Galera with a ring.

                       _A._ HUMIGENI. On ground.

                   * Eudermini. _Spores ferruginous._

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Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi: How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc.

McIlvaine, Charles

Cooking (Mushrooms); Edible mushrooms -- North America; Fungi -- North America; Mushrooms; Mushrooms, Poisonous -- North America

There are no species in the series corresponding to Amanitæ. In
Acetabularia there is a cup-like volva; in Pholiota there is a distinct
interwoven ring on the stem; in Cortinarius the secondary veil is like a
cobweb, and may form an imperfect zone around the stem, or hang as
fibers from the margin of the cap; Pluteolus exactly resembles Pluteus.

There are many edible species of good quality in the series. None are
known to be poisonous. The substance, as a rule, is tougher than in most
of the preceding genera, and in many instances has a strong woody
flavor. Several species are late growers, and are among the best of
fungi. Notably in Pholiota.

                         =ACETABULA´RIA= Berk.

         _Acetabulum_, a vinegar-cup. From the cup-like volva.

Universal veil distinct from the pileus; hymenophore distinct; gills
free; spores pallid, tawny or brown.

Analogous to Volvaria and Chitonia.

No American species reported.

[Illustration]

                            =PHOLIO´TA= Fr.

                             _Gr_—a scale.

=Pileus= more or less fleshy. =Gills= adnate, with or without a
decurrent tooth, tawny or rust colored at maturity from the spores.
=Flesh= of stem continuous with that of the pileus. =Ring= distinct,
interwoven. =Spores= sepia-brown, bright yellowish-brown or light red.

Generally on wood, sometimes on the ground in damp moss, frequently
densely cespitose. Some of the species are large and bright colored.
Distinguished from all other genera of the brown-spored series by the
possession of a distinct ring. In Cortinarius the veil and ring are
web-like.

Stevenson notes in his description of the genus: “None are to be
commended as edible.” My investigation shows that there are several
delicious species, notably P. squarrosa and subsquarrosa. Their lateness
and plentifulness make them valuable food fungi. I have nothing but
praise for the entire genus.

                          ANALYSIS OF TRIBES.

      _A._ HUMIGENI (_humus_, ground; _gigno_, to bear). Page 270.

On the ground, rarely cespitose.

* Eudermini. _Gr_—well; _dermini_, the brown-spored series.

Spores ferruginous.

** Phæoti. _Gr_—dusky.

Spores dusky rust-colored.

   _B._ TRUNCIGENI (_truncus_, a trunk; _gigno_, to bear). Page 273.

On wood; subcespitose.

* Ægeritini. _P. ægerita_, the type of the section.

Pileus naked, not scaly, sometimes cracked. Gills pallid, then reddish
or dusky. None known to be edible.

** Squamosi—_squama_, a scale.

Pileus scaly, not hygrophanous. Gills becoming discolored.

* Gills not becoming purely rust-colored.

** Gills yellow, then rust-color or tawny.

*** Hygrophani. _Gr_—moist; to appear.

Gills cinnamon, not at first yellow.

           _C._ MUSCIGENI (_muscus_, moss; _gigno_, to bear).

Hygrophanous. Like Galera with a ring.

                       _A._ HUMIGENI. On ground.

                   * Eudermini. _Spores ferruginous._

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Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi: How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc.

Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi: How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc.

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