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THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



MTJSHKOOMS, TOADSTOOLS, AND OTHEB, EITNGI. 



The only kinds of Mushroom which can be eaten with 

 safety are the common Mushroom (Agaricus campestris), 



Common Mushroon 



Morell. 



Poisonous Fungi. 



the Champignon (Agaricus oreades), and the Morell 

 (Marchella esculenta) . Those which are of very bright 

 colours, or have spots on the cap, those with thin caps, or 

 those which are moist have a film like a cobweb about 

 the stalk, or have the stalk coming from one side of the 

 cap are poisonous. 



Those marked (*) in the foregoing list are acrid poisons, 

 and the remainder are narcotic. 



Out of these three great families of plants, in their 

 almost endless variety of size, form, and colour, it has 

 pleased the Great Author of Nature to form all the 

 vegetation which beautifies this earth, from the lofty 



