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INDEX 



Morcliella esculenta. See Morel. 



— caroliniana, I2, 



Morel, 12, 231, 256; to cook, 316; to 



dry, 322. 

 Mortality in mushroom poisoning, 



43- 

 Moss-mushroom, 245. 

 " Mother," 7. 

 Moulds, 7, 78. 



Moyen, J. Bibliography, No. 31, 327. 

 "Muscarine" poison, 60. 

 "Mushroom" ai)d "Toadstool," 16- 



21. 

 Mushrooms. See Toadstools, Agari- 



cus, Boletus, Polyporei, Fistulina, 



and Fungi. 



— a la creme, 308. 



— a la Proven9al, 308. 



— Analysis of, 289-291. 



— Baked, 311-313. 



— Basket for, 36. 



— Bibliography,No.8,325; No. 23,327. 



— Broiled, 308. 



— by mail, 4. 



— catsup, 320. 



— Chemical nature of, 14, 61. 



— Chestnut-burr, 294. 



— Classification of, 77, 78. 



— Cosmopolitan types of, 12. 



— Cultivation of, 85, 86. Bibliogra- 

 phy, No; 23, 327. 



— Drying of, for food, 119, 246, 262, 

 301, 310, 321. 



— Edible, 8, 13-15, 32. 



— Edible species : plentiful supply 

 of, 13. 35. 303; Beefsteak, 11, 27; 

 Coral, see Clavaria ; Elm, 10 ; 

 " Fairy-ring," 95, loi ; False Fairy- 

 ring, 108, 109; Horse, 85, gi-95 ; 

 Inky, II, 20, 28, 88 ; Meadow, see 

 Agaricus campestris ; Milky, see 

 Lactarius ; Moss, 245 ; Oyster, see 

 Agarictis ostreatus j Pasture, 10, 13, 

 113; Russulte, iig-141 ; Spine- 

 bearing, see Hydnum ; St. George's, 

 95-101. 



Mushrooms, Fastidiousness of most 

 species of, 86, 294. 



— Fried, 313, 317. 



— Fritters of, 314, 317. 



— Insects infesting, 25, 29, 34, 36-38, 



135- 



— Large specimens of, 92. 



— List of works on, 325. 



— Menu, 323. 



— Melting, See Coprinus. 



— Milky. See Lactarius. 



— Moss. See Hydnum. 



— Mycelium or spawn of, and vegeta- 

 tion of, 44, 45, 77, 85-88, 92, 107. 



— Number of edible species of, 2, 7, 9, 

 32, 60; identification of, 2, 31; Cur- 

 tis's list of, g-12; nourishing prop- 

 erties of, 14 ; chemical simulation of 

 animal food by, 15, 30, 302; popular 

 tests for detecting, 22, 23; refuta- 

 tion of same, 24-29 ; desiccation of, 

 119, 321; recipes for cooking, 306- 

 322. 



— Number of general species of, 6, 



— Pickled, 319. 



— pie, 312. 



— Poisonous species of, 2, 15, 17, 43- 

 74 ; deadly species of, 2, 15, 43-74 ; 

 poison by contact with, 30, 69; vine- 

 gar, sweet oil, and whiskey, 39 ; diag- 

 nosis and treatment of poisoning, 

 39,63-66; historical poisoning by, 43, 

 59, 60; fatalities from, 43, 61 ; intgxi- 

 cation from, 59, 60; poison discrim- 

 inated, 6i ; antidotes, 62, 67, 68 ; 

 report of a poisoning case, 63-66 ; 

 harmless mushrooms inoculated from 

 poisonous, 70 ; salt, vinegar, and 

 heat, 2g, 39, 71, 72. See, also, Ama- 

 nita, Russula emetica. Boletus, and 

 False Champignon. 



— Rapid decay of, 6, 25, 30. 



— Roast, 311. 



— Rules for gathering, 36, 70. 



— Rural authorities on, 16-22. 



— salad, 3ig. 



