Excerpt from Twelve Edible Mushrooms Common to the United States, With Directions for Their Identification as Food In preparing this paper for publication I have made selections from such of the Species of edible mushrooms as have marked peculiarities of structure, habits, taste, odor, color, juice, and change of color of juice on exposure to the atmosphere. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Food Products Twelve Edible Mushrooms of the United States: With Directions for Their Identification and Their Preparation as Food U. S. Department OF agriculture, division OF microscopy, Washington, 02, March 6, 1894. Sir: I respectfully submit for republication a paper on Twelve Edi ble Mushrooms of the United States, first published as a part of my report for 1885, and reprinted in 1890 and 1893 in the series of bulletins prepared in this division on the subject of Food Products. The appendix included in the edition of 1893 is retained, and an additional article inserted on the Mushroom Industry. Very respectfully, thomas taylor, Microscopist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.