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fungo'd growth i.'i tbe vicinity of Trenton there is no vaHd reason why 

 th2 subject should not have long since received proper attention. 



"The foreign element, largely composing the laboring classes in this 

 city, can be seen season after season scouring the woods in search of toad- 

 stools. While these foreigners are not able to give tlie names of that 

 which they gather, they are brought up in their native countries to hunt for 

 food. On one of my rambles through the woods adjoining Cadwalader 

 park, one Sunday afternoon during the past summer, I counted no less 

 than ten men and boys, with bags and baskets, gathering the hot and 

 peppery forms of toadstools, which, when dried, they use for soups, gravies 

 and seasoning. Not one of the.-e ten persons could speak English fluently 

 enough to give me the name of a single specimen, yet they knew what to 

 take and what to avoid. 



"Physicians should be mycologists. Outside of the Amanita muscaria 

 (flv agaric; and Anianita phalloides (death cup), how many in this pro- 

 fession are able to identify the variety of fungi when called upon to treat 

 supposed ca-es of toadstool poisoning? Ninety out of every one hundred 

 cases of supposed toadstool poisoning reported in this country, if traced 

 to the direct source ^nd variety eaten established, would prove the fact 

 that the patients have simply overloaded the stomach. 



"Mushrooms should be used for a side dish and not the main feature 

 of any meal. Eaten in proportion to the amount of other varieties of 

 food upon the table tbey are a luxury, delicate, digestible and nourishing." 

 [Edward B. Sterling, Hunterdon County, N. J. Democrat]. 



Fig. 169. — Tram'-e-te.s 

 shown in Fig. 1G8. 



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side nmcli magnified of specimen 



