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Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi / How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc. cover

Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi / How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc.

Chapter 7: NAMES OF THE PRINCIPAL REPORTERS OF AMERICAN SPECIES
By Charles McIlvaine
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The guide presents detailed botanical descriptions and identification keys for roughly one thousand North American fungi, arranged by genera and illustrated with colored plates and charts. It explains macroscopic features such as cap, gills, ring, volva, and growth stages, offers criteria to distinguish edible species from poisonous lookalikes, and summarizes known toxins and first-aid and treatment measures. Practical sections cover methods for collecting and preparing mushrooms, cooking recipes, and instructional material for students of mycology. Emphasis is on careful field identification, avoidance of dangerous species, and clear visual references to assist amateurs and collectors.

NAMES OF THE PRINCIPAL REPORTERS OF
AMERICAN SPECIES

Alabama Lucien M. Underwood, F.S. Earle (U. and E.).
California H.W. Harkness, Justin P. Moore (H. and M.), Wm. Phillips.
Canada John Dearness.
Connecticut —- Wright.
Florida —- Calkins.
Georgia Berry Benson, H.N. Starnes, Val W. Starnes.
Illinois Frederick J. Brændle.
Indiana H.I. Miller, Dr. J.R. Weist.
Iowa Charles E. Bessey, T.H. Macbride.
Kansas F.W. Cragin, Elam Bartholomew,
W.A. Kellerman.
Kentucky C.G. Lloyd, A.P. Morgan.
Louisiana Rev. A.B. Langlois.
Maryland Miss Mary E. Banning.
Massachusetts Charles C. Frost, W.G. Farlow, James L. Bennett, Charles J. Sprague, Robert K. Macadam, Julius A. Palmer, Hollis Webster.
Minnesota Asa Emory Johnson.
Mississippi U.S. Geological Survey.
Missouri William Trelease.
Nebraska Charles E. Bessey, F.E. Clements, —-- Webber.
New Brunswick A.C. Waghorne, James Fowler.
New England Boston Mycological Club.
New Jersey J.B. Ellis, Benjamin Everhart, E.B. Sterling, Charles McIlvaine.
New York Charles H. Peck, George F. Atkinson, John Torrey.
North Carolina Rev. M.A. Curtis,
Rev. Lewis de Schweinitz,
Charles McIlvaine.
Nova Scotia Dr. John Somers.
Ohio Charles G. Lloyd, A.P. Morgan, W.S. Sullivant.
Oregon Dr. Harry Lane.
Pennsylvania Dr. William Herbst, Rev. Lewis de Schweinitz, Charles McIlvaine, Philadelphia Mycological Center.
Rhode Island James L. Bennett.
South Carolina Dr. H.W. Ravenel.
West Virginia Charles McIlvaine, L.W. Nuttall.
Wisconsin W.F. Bundy, William Trelease.

Plate III.
PROGRESSIVE GROWTH OF AGARICS.

Figs.

A. B. C. D. E. Stages of development of an agaric.
F. Gills shedding spores.

Figs.

A. Spore-print.
G. Section of gill magnified.

Plate IV.
GILL SHAPES.
Fig. 1. Gills as veins; infundibuliform.
2. Gills rounded in front (anteriorly.)
3. Gills rounded behind (posteriorly.)
4. Gills lanceolate.
5. Gills ventricose.
6. Gills unequal; cap convex.
7. Gills adnexed.
8. Gills emarginate, also adnate and having decurrent tooth.
Fig. 9. Gills serrate.
10. Gills flexuose; waved.
11. Gills dichotomous.
12. Gills free; cap broadly umbonate.
13. Gills narrow; cap margin reflexed.
14. Gills slightly adnexed; cap umbonate; margin involute.
15. Gills decurrent; cap umbilicate.

Plate V.
RING SHAPES AND POSITIONS; VOLVA SHAPES.
Fig. 1. Ring superior, broad.
2. Ring medial, pendulous.
3. Ring inferior (low down).
4. Ring narrow, fragments appendiculate.
5. Ring fibrillose.
Fig. 6. Ring persistent, sometimes movable.
7. Volva free.
8. Volva separating, circumscissile.
9. Volva irregularly, circumscissile.
10. Volva friable, disappearing.
CLASS, FUNGI