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INDEX 



Robinson, W., 306, 312, 313. Bib- 

 liography, No. 23, 327. 



Roques, Joseph, 237, 306, 310, 311. 

 Bibliography, No. 24, 327. 



Rove-beetles infesting fungi, 37. 



Rules for the venturesome, 33. 



Russia, Fungus-eaters in, 14 : fly Ama- 

 nita in, 29. 



Russula, 12, 13, 18, 26, 28; — lepida, 12, 

 127; — alutacea, 12, 133; — virescens, 

 12, 88, 120, 300 ; — emetica, 25, 27, 28, 

 61, 120, 122, 136-141; — heterophylla, 

 134, 300 ; — rttber, 300. 



Russules, 119; opposed to cultivation of, 

 88; insects infesting, 135; to bake, 

 311; as salad, 319; to dry, 321. 



Rust, 7. 



Rustic fungology, 18-22. 



Salad of mushrooms, 319. 



Salt as an antidote, 39, 72. 



" Salt test" of mushrooms, 23, 29. 



Scaly mushrooms. See Amanita, Aga- 

 nctis procerus, and Boletus strobi- 

 loides. 



Schmiedeberg, Dr., on Amanita poison, 

 60. 



" Scotch Bonnet." See Agaricus pro- 

 cerus. 



"Sep." See Boletus edulis. 



" Seven Sisters of Sleep," by Rev. Dr. 

 M. C. Cooke, 59. 



Shadle, Dr. J- E., 62. 



Shaggy-mane mu.shrooms, 11, 13; rus- 

 tic appreciation of, 19, 27, 28. See 

 Coprinus comatus. 



" Shroud" in Amanita, 48. 



Silver, Discoloration of, as a " test," 23, 



Smith, Worthington T., 40, 306, 307, 

 309, 314. Bibliography, No. 14, 326. 



Smuts, 7. 



Socket in Amanita. See Volva. 



Souffle of puff-balls, 318. 



Sparassis, — crispa, 12 ; — luminosa, 12. 



"Spawn," or mycelium, of fungi, 44, 

 45, 77, 80, 85-88, 92, 107. 



Specimens by mail, 5. 



Spiders attacked by fungi, 295. 



Spine-bearing mushrooms, II, 27. See 

 Hydnum. 



Spore-prints from mushrooms, 44, 277- 

 296 ; from Amanita 7nuscarius, 287, 

 2,89 ; from Boletus, 285, 287 ; from 

 Agaricus campestris, 283. 



.Spore surface, or hymenium, 78, 182. 



Spores of fungi, 79, 87, 182, 268, 277- 

 296; number of, 279; buoyancy of, 

 278-293; various colors of , 287; va- 

 rious forms of, 293. 



Sporidiifcra, 11, 231, 256. 



Sporifera, 77, 78, 231, 256. 



Staphylinus beetles infesting mush- 

 rooms, 37. 



Stevenson, John. Bibliography, No. 

 22, 327.. 



Stew of fjmgi, 307, 308-311, 315-317. 



St. George's mushroom, 95-101. 



Strob^lomyces, 202. 



Styptic, Puff-balls used as, 277. 



Sulphur mushroom, 219, 303; to cook, 

 316 ; as a salad, 319. 



" Sweetbreads" in fungi, 300, 303. 



Sweet-oil treatment for mushroom poi- 

 soning, 39. 



Taylor, Thomas M. Bibliography, 

 No. 8, 325. 



Teeth-bearing mushrooms. See Hyd- 

 num. 



Tertullian on toadstools, 17. 



Testing new species for edibility, 33. 



"Tests" or "proofs" for the detec- 

 tion of poisonous species, 17, 21-29. 



Therapeutic Gazette, quotation from, 

 39- 



Thore, Dr., quoted, 86. 



Thread-like fungi, 78. 



" Tinder," 37, 181. 



"Toadstool" and " Mushroom," 16- 

 21, 36; popular discrimination of, 16- 

 24; popular tests for their discrimina- 

 tion and their refutation, 17-22, 24- 



