STUDIES OF AMERICAN FUNGI 



MUSHROOMS 



EDIBLE, POISONOUS, ETC. 



BY 



GEORGE FRANCIS ATKINSON, 



Professor of Botany in Cornell University 

 and Botanist of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, 



AUTHOR OF 

 "STUDIES AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF MUSHROOMS"; "BIOLOGY OF FERNS' 

 "ELEMENTARY BOTANY": "LESSONS IN BOTANY." 



WITH A 



Chapter on Recipes for Cooking Mushrooms, by Mrs. Sarah Tyson Rorer ; 



on the Chemistry and Toxicology of Mushrooms, by 



J. F. Clarii ; on the Structural Characters 



of Mushrooms, by H. Hasselbring. 



WITH 200 PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR, 

 AND COLORED PLATES BY F. R. RATHBUN. 



LNMtAVT 

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ITHACA. N. Y. 

 ANDRIS & CHURCH, Pl'blishkrs. 



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Issued octubbk ao, 1900. 



