Mushrooms and toadstools : how to distinguish easily the differences between edible and poisonous fungi; with figures of twenty-nine edible and thirty-one poisonous species / [Worthington George Smith].

  • Worthington George Smith
Date:
1876
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Credit: Mushrooms and toadstools : how to distinguish easily the differences between edible and poisonous fungi; with figures of twenty-nine edible and thirty-one poisonous species / [Worthington George Smith]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Euddy Milk-Mushroom. Eig. 12. {Lactarius rvfus.) 512. This is one of the most deadly of all British fungi, and generally grows in fir woods; the white milk is singularly acrid and corrosive, which is perhaps its best distinguish- ing mark. It bears some resemblance to fig. 26, Edible Sheet, but the milk of the L. volemum, is mild, and changes colour to dark brown when exposed to the action of the air; whilst in L. rufus it remains white, and the milk is highly pungent. Fly Mushroom. Fig. 13. {Agaricus [Amanita] muscarius^ 3. Few fungi can exceed this well-known species in beauty. It is somewhat local, and loves birch woods, where it sometimes makes the very ground almost scarlet with its profuse growth. Sometimes the top is deep yel- low or orange, but it is usually brilliant scarlet; if the top skin is stripped off, the fiesh just beneath is seen to be bright yellow, and the rest of the flesh white. It is allied to fig. 1, Edible Sheet, but the flesh of the latter is not yellow under the skin; and A. rubescens turns reddish in every part as soon as bruised or broken. Poisonous Forest Mushroom. Fig. 14. {Agaricus [Entoloma] sinuaius.) 212. Without doubt, this is a very poisonous plant, for I