Mushrooms and Toadstools (Third Edition) — Preface
PREFACE.
“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.
INDEX TO POPULAR NAMES.
(E.
refers to Edible, and P. to Poisonous Sheet;
B.
G.
M.
to the Number of the Drawing in the Bethnal Green Museum.
) Fig. Page B. G.
M. P.
6. Astringent mushroom 52 582 P.
29. Bitter tube-mushroom 62 617 P.
17. Blood-stained mushroom 57 518 P.
1. Bundled stump-mushroom 50 331 E.
4. Candle clavaria 24 843 E.
8. Chantarelle 28 539 E.
24. Clouded mushroom 44 73 E.
16. Curled helvella 37 1673 E.
20. Edible morel 41 1668 E.
2. ” tube-mushroom 22, 62 610 P.
21. Emetic mushroom 27, 59 528 E.
28. Fairy-ring champignon 15, 47 553 P.
30. False champignon 48, 62 550 P.
19. ” chantarelle 58 540 P.
16. Fetid mushroom 57 530 P.
4. ” leather-fungus 51 760 P.
31. ” wood-witch.
63 914 P.
15. Fiery milk-mushroom 56 500 P.
26. ” tube-mushroom 61 597 E.
10. Fir-cone mushroom 31 5 P.
13. Fly mushroom 54 3 E.
7. Furrowed clavaria 28 827 E.
25. Giant puff-ball 45 930 ” morel 42 P.
10. Gloomy tube-mushroom 53 607 P.
11. Griping milk-mushroom 53 488 E.
9. Horse mushroom 15, 29 317 P.
24. Incrusted mushroom 40, 60 278 E.
18. Lilac-stemmed mushroom 15, 39 65 E.
21. Liver fungus 42 716 P.
18. Livid milk-mushroom 58 498 P.
9. Magpie mushroom 58 379 E.
13. Maned mushroom 34 374 P.
7. Matrix-bearing mushroom 52 2 E.
5. Meadow mushroom 15, 24, 26 316 P.
5. Olive-gilled mushroom 51 328 E.
11. Orange-milk mushroom 32, 46 502 E.
17. Oyster mushroom 38 179 E.
26. Pear-milk mushroom 46 508 E.
15. Plum mushroom 36 225 P.
8. Poisonous spring mushroom 52 1 P.
14. Poisonous forest mushroom 54 212 P.
28. Pungent milk-mushroom 62 505 E.
12. Purple cobweb-mushroom 33 420 E.
1. Red-fleshed mushroom 21 7 P.
2. Red juice-mushroom 50 482 P.
12. Ruddy milk-mushroom 51 512 P.
27. Satanical tube-mushroom 61 606 E.
14. Scaly mushroom 16, 35 13 P.
22. Slimy dung-mushroom 59 327 E.
22. Spine-bearing mushroom 43 718 E.
19. St. George’s mushroom 16, 36, 40 62 P.
23. Sulphury mushroom 60 55 P.
3. Trellised Clathrus 51 917 E.
29. Truffle 16, 48 1916 E.
3. Variable Mushroom 23 522 P.
25. Verdigris mushroom 60 322 E.
23. Viscid white mushroom 43 470 E.
27. White fir-wood mushroom 46 80 E.
6. Yellow-gilled mushroom 27 536 P.
20. Yellow milk-mushroom 58 503 INDEX TO SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
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M. P.
25. Agaricus æruginosus 60 322 E.
9. ” arvensis 15, 29 317 ” cæsareus 23, 26 E.
5. ” campestris 15, 24, 26 316 P.
24. ” crustuliniformis 40, 60 278 E.
27. ” dealbatus 46 80 ” euosmus 38 E.
9. ” exquisitus 29 317 P.
1. ” fascicularis 50 331 P.
14. ” sinuatus 54 212 E.
19. ” gambosus 16, 36, 40 62 P.
13. ” muscarius 54 3 E.
24. ” nebularis 44 73 ” nudus 39 ” odorus 47 ” orcellus 36 225 E.
17. ” ostreatus 38 179 E.
18. ” personatus 15, 39 65 P.
7. ” phalloides 52 ” pratensis 25 E.
14. ” procerus 16, 35 E.
15. ” prunulus 36 225 ” rachodes 36 E.
1. ” rubescens 21 7 P.
22. ” semiglobatus 59 327 ” silvicola 25 E.
10. ” strobiliformis 31 5 P.
5. ” sublateritius 51 328 P.
23. ” sulfureus 60 55 ” vaginatus 32 P.
8. ” vernus 52 1 ” villaticus 30 Boletus æstivalis 23 612 ” chrysenteron 23 E.
2. ” edulis 22, 62 610 P.
29. ” felleus 62 617 P.
10. ” luridus 53 607 P.
26. ” piperatus 61 597 P.
27. ” Satanas 61 606 ” scaber 23 615 P.
19. Cantharellus aurantiacus 58 540 E.
8. ” cibarius 28 539 P.
3. Clathrus cancellatus 51 917 Clavaria coralloides 28 E.
7. ” rugosa 28 827 E.
4. ” vermiculata 24 843 Coprinus atramantarius 35 E.
13. ” comatus 34 374 P.
9. ” picaceus 52 420 E.
12. Cortinarius violacens 33 420 E.
21. Fistulina hepatica 42 716 E.
16. Helvella crispa 37 1673 ” lacunosa 37 1674 E.
22. Hydum repandum 43 718 P.
2. Hygrophorus conicus 50 482 ” niveus 44 ” pratensis 44 ” psittacinus 44 E.
23. ” virgineus 43 470 P.
28. Lactarius acris 62 505 E.
11. ” deliciosus 32, 47 502 P.
15. ” piperatus 56 500 P.
18. ” pyrogalus 58 498 P.
12. ” rufus 54 512 P.
20. ” theiogalus 58 503 P.
11. ” torminosus 53 488 E.
26. ” volemum 46 508 E.
25. Lycoperdon giganteum 45 930 E.
28. Marasmius oreades 15, 47 553 P.
30. ” urens 48, 62 550 E.
20. Morchella esculenta 41 1668 ” crassipes 42 P.
6. Panus stypticus 52 582 P.
31. Phallus impudicus 63 914 E.
6. Russula alatacea 27 536 P.
21. ” emetica 27, 59 528 P.
16. ” fœtens 57 530 ” furcata 23 E.
3. ” heterophylla 23 522 P.
17. ” sanguinea 57 518 ” virescens 24 P.
4. Thelephora palmata 51 760 E.
29. Tuber æstivum 16, 48 1916 ” cibarium 49
