FUNGI. 301 
its outer parts, the ‘inner part being soft and salmon-colored when 
thoroughly boiled and characteristically arranged in horizontal layers. 
It appears to be more highly esteemed by all the Indians of this 
region than any other fungus. A white man who has spent a consid- 
erable portion of his life with the Indians informed me that it was 
very fine eating and that the flavor was very much like that of salmon. 
BOLETACEAE. Pore Fungus Family. 
Boletus sp. 
Ko-o' chi’-i (the k and ch explosive) (given by a Calpella Indian at 
Ukiah). A fungus, evidently belonging to this genus, which is white 
on top and has a white fracture that rapidly turns blue and then black. 
My Indian informant told me that three white men living near Ukiah 
were made very sick ‘‘several years ago” by eating this plant. 
Another fungus, probably a Boletus, for which no special name was 
given, is eaten raw by the Calpella Indians. It grows in the woods 
and is yellow on top and green beneath. 
AGARICACEAE. Mushroom Family. 
Agaricus campestris. 
Hfi-gat’ (Yuki).—The common tield mushroom (fig. 66), which is 
elsewhere universally esteemed for its food value. All of the Indians 
appear to be somewhat superstitious about eating this fungus, but since 
Fic. 66.—Common mushroom, Agaricus campestris. Edible. Three-fourths natural size. 
they make a practice of selling it to the white people, it is quite 
probable that they do eat it to a considerable extent. A few of the 
men expressed the belief that this was the kind that poisoned some 
white people several years ago. 
