JULY, 1917 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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For instance, it is quite true that almost 
all forms possessing the death-cup are poi¬ 
sonous, but the absence of the death-cup is 
not a certain indication of edibility, for 
several species exist which do not have 
the cup but nevertheless are very poison¬ 
ous. 
There is only one safe rule to follow: 
limit yourself to a few forms which you 
know absolutely to be harmless and edible. 
This list you may gradually add to; but 
proceed with caution, since one false step 
may prove fatal. 
A more popular knowledge of mush¬ 
rooms and toadstools will greatly add to 
the pleasures of those who love nature, 
and will open up a new field of palatable 
and cheap foods. An intimate acquaintance 
with the mushrooms will add a pleasant 
variety to the diet and materially reduce 
the rapidly soaring cost of living. 
[A wider popular knowledge 'of the 
mushrooms would, as suggested, be very 
interesting to a large number of people, 
and would add something to the food sup¬ 
ply. Such wider knowledge may readily be 
had by anyone who is sufficiently interested 
in the subject to send for a little work en¬ 
titled “Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms,” 
by Dr. Wm. Alphonso Murrill, assistant 
director of the New York Botanical Gar¬ 
den. With this interesting volume, which 
describes all the mushrooms, comes a 
large colored chart showing in one group 
all the edible mushrooms; in another all 
the poisonous ones. The book, which is 
much condensed—it has less than 100 
pages—contains brief accounts of the ed¬ 
ible mushrooms, the poisonous mushrooms, 
and the proper way of preparing and cook¬ 
ing mushrooms. This is followed by de¬ 
scriptions of the different species of mush¬ 
rooms edible and poisonous, together with 
a glossary of the terms used, a list of the 
edible and poisonous mushrooms which are 
SHEATHED AMANITOPSIS: 
An edible mushroom which 
greatly resembles one of the highly 
poisonous forms of Amanita to 
which it is closely related. The 
plant is brittle and fragile, varying 
in color from almost white to gray 
and brown. The Amanitopsis is 
an example of an edible mushroom 
possessing the “death-cup,” proving 
the fallacious character of the 
popular belief; however, it is good 
practice to avoid all forms having a 
“death-cup” in order to eliminate 
the dangerous mushrooms. It must 
be remembered that some poison¬ 
ous species do not possess the 
“death-cup.” 
figured on the chart, and a list of the 
edible mushrooms, prepared by Dr. Chas. 
H. Peck, former state botanist of New 
York, who studied fungi for fifty years. 
The work is a compendium that ought to 
be in the hands not only of everyone who 
is interested in mushrooms, but of every¬ 
one who lives in the country where the 
mushrooms grow. With this volume at 
hand there is no excuse for anyone using 
any mushroom that is poisonous. The de¬ 
scription and chart constitute an ample pro¬ 
tection to one who is willing to use them 
carefully and thoughtfully. 
Dr. Murrill has performed a real serv¬ 
ice by preparing these publications, which 
may be had by sending $2.00 to him—Dr. 
W. A. Murrill, Bronxwood Park, New 
York City.— Editor ] 
THE OUTDOOR ROUTE TO HEALTH 
being fitted to return to the world of in¬ 
dustry. 
HOW WISCONSIN HELPS ITS TUBERCULOSIS CONVA¬ 
LESCENTS BACK TO STRENGTH AND USEFULNESS 
By WARREN B. BULLOCK 
C APITALIZING, in terms of health, a 
summer resort for the economic good 
of the state, and giving those who 
have been sick a chance to work their way 
back to health in an ideal spot in the forest 
wilderness of northern Wisconsin, is one 
of the unique ventures upon which that 
state is now engaged. At Tomahawk 
lake, a few miles north of Rhinelander, the 
state conducts a camp for the benefit of 
those who have been cured of tuberculosis 
but need light work outdoors to fit them 
for returning to their former vocations. 
While they are building roads, building 
houses, working in gardens, and doing all 
the rough work of the pioneer, the patients 
are being brought back from an economic 
drain to a credit balance on the state’s 
books, financially and economically. 
The state convalescent camp has recently 
acquired a new root cellar, that is always 
filled with vegetables raised in the camp 
garden. It is built of logs, and from the 
felling of the trees to the filling of the 
finished building with the garden products, 
all the work was done by the patients at 
the camp. 
Each man works from one to four hours 
a day. Thus it takes three or four men to 
accomplish as much as one healthy man 
would in a day; but the building stands a 
monument to the spirit, the perseverance, 
and the endurance of the men. And 
every log is a testimonial to the people of 
Wisconsin of the value of this unique camp, 
where arrested cases of tuberculosis are 
ARDENING is one of the lighter 
manual tasks by which the patients 
are fitted to go back home and re¬ 
turn to former positions, or new ones, 
with physical strength enough to insure 
their being able to do a day’s work with¬ 
out relapse. And during the summer, 
enough garden truck was raised to meet 
the needs of the state institution for the 
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The patients decided to build a storehouse of logs for their garden produce 
