Part 45

Boletus luridus Schaeff. "Red-pored Boletus." Recorded as poisonous.

Strobilomyces strobilaceus Bull. Edible.

Fistulina hepatica Fr. "Beefsteak Fungus." Edible.

Polyporus sulfureus Bull. Edible.

Hydnum repandum Linn. Edible.

Hydnum erinaceum Bull. Edible.

Sparassis crispa Wulf. Edible.

Clavaria cinerea Bull. Edible.

Clavaria rugosa. Edible.

Lycoperdon gemmatum Fr. Edible.

Lycoperdon giganteum Fr. "Giant Puff-Ball." Edible.

Lycoperdon pyriforme Schaeff. "Pear-shaped Puff-Ball." Edible.

Scleroderma vulgare Fr.

Morchella esculenta Pers. Edible.

Morchella conica Bull. Edible.

Hirneola auricula Judae Bull. Edible.

Ithyphallus impudicus Linn. Unwholesome.

Clathrus cancellatus Linn. Unwholesome.

NOTE.--In addition to the above there were also represented a number of coriaceous or woody species which grow upon trees, old stumps, etc.

STUDENT'S HAND-BOOK OF MUSHROOMS OF AMERICA

EDIBLE AND POISONOUS.

BY THOMAS TAYLOR, M. D.

AUTHOR OF FOOD PRODUCTS, ETC.

Fellow of the A. A. A. S.; Hon. Member of the Mic. Section Royal Inst., Liverpool, England; Member of Honor of the International Medical Society of Hygiene, Brussels; Member of the American and Washington Chemical Societies; French Chemical Society, Paris; of the American Textile Society; Medical Society of Washington, D. C.; Cor. Member Academy of Arts and Sciences of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Cor. Member Mic. Societies of New York, Buffalo, etc., etc.

Published in Serial Form--=No. 5=--Price, 50c. per number.

WASHINGTON, D. C.: A. R. Taylor, Publisher, 238 Mass. Ave. N.E. 1898.

PUBLISHER'S NOTE.

It has not been possible to represent all the genera of mushrooms which contain species having value as esculents within the compass of this series of five pamphlets, but the demand for these promises to justify the publication, at a future date, of a second series, which the author now has in preparation.