MUSHROOMS AKD "OTHER FUNGI 



photographs of nearly three hundred specimens which 

 I have not been able to identify with confidence. 

 Besides these, there are many which I have not 

 attempted to do anything with, and no doubt there 

 are many which I have not fallen in with or have not- 

 noticed. It would seem, therefore, that there is an 

 abundant field for study in this district 



EDIBLE FUNGI NEAB TORONTO. 



In regard to the edibility of the species which I 

 have collected, I have not experimented much; but 

 I have tried twenty-nine species, twenty of which 

 have met with sufficient approval to be always gath- 

 ered for the table, when found conveniently and in 

 sufficient quantities at a time. 



While there are to be found near Toronto many 

 edible species, comparatively few species occur in 

 sufficient numbers at a time to make them worth 

 while gathering. Edible Russulae, for instance, in 

 most places come up scarcely a dish at a time in 

 any one place. The same may be said of the Boletu 

 There are, of course, exceptional places, such as De 

 Grassi Point on Lake Simcoe, where, in the extensive 

 groves of oaks, Russulae are extraordinarily plentiful 

 in July and August. On the other hand, in about 

 September any one who finds the Honey-coloured 

 Mushroom (Armillaria mellea) and the Brick-top 

 (HypTioloma sublateritium) good eating will have 

 no difficulty in obtaining an ample supply. Large 

 quantities also of the Fairy Ring Mushroom (Maras- 

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