[Gutenberg 58853] • A treatise on the esculent funguses of England / containing an account of their classical history, uses, characters, development, structure, nutritious properties, modes of cooking and preserving, etc. by Badham, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. CONTENTS. DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. INTRODUCTORY NOTICE.

ON THE ESCULENT FUNGUSES OF ENGLAND.

ETYMOLOGIES. THE RANGE OF FUNGUS GROWTHS. OF THEIR GENERAL FORMS, COLOURS, TEXTURE, TASTES, SMELLS, ETC. ODOURS AND TASTES. EXPANSIVE POWER OF GROWTH. REPRODUCTIVE POWER. MOTION. PHOSPHORESCENCE. DIMENSIONS. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION. USES. MEDICAL USES. FUNGUSES CONSIDERED AS AN ARTICLE OF DIET. MODES OF DISTINGUISHING. CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO THEIR GROWTH. FAIRY RINGS. ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNGUSES. SPORES OR SEEDS.

DEVELOPMENT OF SEEDS. SUCCESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPORES.

OF THE ANNULUS, THE VELUM, AND THE VOLVA. METHODICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRITISH ESCULENT FUNGUSES.

Division I. HYMENOMYCETES.

Tribe 1. PILEATI. Tribe 2. CLAVATI.[151] Tribe 3. MITRATI. Tribe 4. CUPULATI.

Division II. GASTEROMYCETES.

DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES.

AGARICUS PRUNULUS, Vitt. AGARICUS PROCERUS, Scop. BOLETUS EDULIS, Bulliard.

Modes of Cooking Boletus edulis. (Persoon.) Boletus edulis Soup, made in Hungary. (Paulet.)

AGARICUS CAMPESTRIS.

Var. A. edulis. Var. B. pratensis. Var. C. silvicola. Var. D. anceps. Var. E. bovinus. Receipt I.—“A la Provençale.” Receipt II.—To stuff Mushrooms. Receipt III.—Mushrooms “à la Marquis Cussi.” Method of Cultivating.

AGARICUS EXQUISITUS, nob. AGARICUS DELICIOSUS. BOLETUS SCABER, Fries. BOLETUS LURIDUS. AGARICUS PERSONATUS. AGARICUS OREADES, Bolt.

AG. DRYOPHILUS. AG. OREADES. AG. SEMIGLOBATUS.

AGARICUS NEBULARIS. CANTHARELLUS CIBARIUS. AGARICUS ATRAMENTARIUS, Bull. AGARICUS COMATUS. AGARICUS HETEROPHYLLUS, Fries.

MILD RUSSULÆ. RUSSULÆ MITES, AUCT. ACRID RUSSULÆ. RUSSULÆ ACRES, AUCT.

AGARICUS OSTREATUS, Jacq. AGARICUS RUBESCENS, Persoon. MORCHELLA ESCULENTA, Dill.

Morchella esculenta. Morchella semilibera.

HYDNUM REPANDUM, Linn. FISTULINA HEPATICA, Fries. AGARICUS ORCELLA,[182] Bull. HELVELLA CRISPA, Fries. HELVELLA LACUNOSA, Afz.

Helvella crispa, Fries. Helvella lacunosa, Afzel. Helvella esculenta, Pers.

VERPA DIGITALIFORMIS, Persoon. PEZIZA ACETABULUM, Linn.

Verpa digitaliformis, Persoon. Peziza acetabulum, Linn. Series Aleuria, Section Helvella, Fries.

POLYPORUS FRONDOSUS, Schrank. CLAVARIA CORALLOIDES, Linn.

Clavaria coralloides.

LYCOPERDON PLUMBEUM, nob. LYCOPERDON BOVISTA, Linn. AGARICUS MELLEUS. AGARICUS ULMARIUS, Bull. AGARICUS FUSIPES, Bull. AGARICUS VAGINATUS, Bull. AGARICUS VIOLACEUS, Linn. AGARICUS CASTANEUS, Bull. AGARICUS PIPERATUS, Scop. AGARICUS VIRGINEUS, Wullf. TUBER ÆSTIVUM, Vitt.

CONCLUSION.

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