CONTENTS. 



A FOREWOKD ... 5 



Chap. I. Historical Notes 9 



II. Mushroom Spawn — What is Spawn — How to Make 



Spawn — French Spawn — Purchasing Spawn ... 11 



III. Manures fob Beds — Suitable Manures — Preparing 

 the Manure — Tree Leaves .. . ... ... ... 18 



IV. Outdoor Ccilture — Forming the Beds — Spawning 

 the Beds — Soiling the Beds — Covering the Beds 22 



V. Indoor Culture — Forming the Beds — Spawning 

 the Beds — Soiling the Beds — Temperature for 

 the Beds 27 



VI. Culture in Cellars — The Beds — Spawning — 



General Hints 30 



VII. Culture in Greenhouses — Forming the Beds — 



Cultural Details ... ... ... ... ... 32 



VIII. Simple Methods — Culture in Boxes — In Cucumber 

 Beds — In Mixed Soil and Manure — In Pastures 

 — In Flower Beds — In Grass Plots 34 



IX. Mushrooms in Odd Corners — Multum in Parvo 



Beds 38 



X. Watering Mushroom Beds — Outdoor Beds — Indoor 



Beds 41 



XI. Useful Data — Gathering Mushrooms — Exhausted 

 Beds — Quantity of Manure to Make a Bed — 

 Yield of Mushrooms — Law in Relation to Field- 

 Grown Mushrooms — Expansive Power of Mush- 

 rooms — Fungi Poisoning — Analyses of Fungi ... 44 



XII. Pests and Diseases — Mushroom Pest — Mushroom 



Disease — Slugs and Snails — Woodlice ... ... 49 



XIII. Cooking Mushrooms — Stewed Buttons — Saute of 

 Mushrooms —How to Cook a Mushroom — 

 Grilled Mushrooms — Pickled Mushrooms — 

 Mushroom Ketchup — Mushrooms on Pried 

 Bread — Mushrooms and Bacon — Mushroom 

 Soup — Stewed Mushrooms — Mushroom Souffle 

 — Mushroom Cutlets — Mushrooms on Toast — 

 Mushrooms and Eggs 52 



XIV. Edible Fungi 61 



