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Title: Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi

Author: Charles McIlvaine

Robert K. Macadam


Release date: March 8, 2016 [eBook #51393]
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Language: English

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GIFTS OF FOREST AND FIELD.

TOADSTOOLS, MUSHROOMS, FUNGI
EDIBLE AND POISONOUS
ONE THOUSAND
AMERICAN FUNGI

Revised Edition
HOW TO SELECT AND COOK THE EDIBLE; HOW TO
DISTINGUISH AND AVOID THE POISONOUS
WITH FULL BOTANIC DESCRIPTIONS
By CHARLES McILVAINE
PRESIDENT PHILADELPHIA MYCOLOGICAL CENTER, HONORARY MEMBER SALEM COUNTY AND
GLOUCESTER COUNTY, N.J., MEDICAL SOCIETIES
AND
ROBERT K. MACADAM
TOADSTOOL POISONS AND THEIR TREATMENT, INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS,
RECIPES FOR COOKING, ETC., ETC.
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