Project Gutenberg 2014-08-05 Public domain in the USA. 485 Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) 1850 1896 Gibson, William Hamilton 03029377 Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms and How to Distinguish Them A Selection of Thirty Native Food Varieties Easily Recognizable by their Marked Individualities, with Simple Rules for the Identification of Poisonous Species Illustrated by the author. Introduction -- The deadly Amanita -- The Agaricaceæ -- The Polyporei -- Miscellaneous fungi -- Spore-prints -- Recipes -- Bibliography -- Index. Produced by Peter Vachuska, Paul Marshall, Dave Morgan, Illustration images from The Internet Archive (TIA) and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms and How to Distinguish Them" by W. Hamilton Gibson is a practical guide on identifying edible fungi, likely written in the late 19th century. This publication focuses on educating the general public about thirty native food mushroom varieties and provides easy-to-follow rules for distinguishing these from their potentially poisonous counterparts. The book aims to promote the safe appreciation and gathering of mushrooms, addressing both the joy of foraging and the importance of caution. The opening of this work presents a thoughtful introduction to the author’s motivation for creating a user-friendly guide to mushrooms, responding to concerns about the widespread popularity and risks of mushroom consumption. Gibson discusses the challenges of conveying scientific knowledge on fungi to the general audience and highlights the specific dangers associated with poisonous species, particularly the Amanita genus. He emphasizes the need for practical knowledge in mushroom identification to prevent fatalities, while also underscoring the bountiful resources available in nature that could alleviate hunger if gathered mindfully. The author aims to empower readers with the skills to safely enjoy the culinary delights offered by certain mushrooms, while remaining vigilant against the dangers of misidentifying toxic varieties. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46514/46514-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 58.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Cooking (Mushrooms) Mushrooms QK Text Category: Cooking & Drinking Category: How To ... Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals 489514 2025-07-18T16:17:39.723687 text/html 457539 2024-10-24T09:44:43 text/html 3612432 2025-07-18T16:17:51.308118 application/epub+zip 3621245 2025-07-18T16:17:42.577681 application/epub+zip 222753 2025-07-18T16:17:41.098617 application/epub+zip 3775778 2025-07-18T16:17:56.632109 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3680157 2025-07-18T16:17:49.486083 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 331907 2022-09-21T07:12:08.578533 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 353775 2025-07-18T16:17:37.576675 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 333829 2024-10-24T09:44:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18107 2025-07-18T16:17:57.314133 application/rdf+xml 21814 2025-07-18T16:17:41.253641 image/jpeg 2913 2025-07-18T16:17:41.176611 image/jpeg 5014182 2025-07-18T16:17:40.025705 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia