Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-13

swelling. These characteristics belong to
the poisonous amanitas. There are edible
ALL"
Almost all evil effects of mushroom
eating are directly traceable to the much
dreaded amanita family. 1t might as
well be described right here. The amanita
has white gtfls (gills are the fine knife
like tissues that radiate from the stem
outward on the under side of the cap or
gills is what is called veil or collar.
and at the base of the stem is a thick
Dubious root called the cup.
There are two amanitae-the deadly
stroying angels" and the Fly amanita."
One destroying angel has been known to
XII an entire family 50 poisonous is it.
II Is found in woods. never in the open
neids. and Is oftenest buried in a mass
Of leaves. White gills. a collar or veil
| On the stem just a little below the cap
and the thick dubious cup at the
base ought to be signs enough to keep
| the least yersed in mushroom lore from
| suffering from this deadly variety.
Among the gilled mushrooms the white
gilled amanitae are the only poisonous
| ones, hence the pink-spored. the brown
spored, the purple.brown and the black
are all edible To be sure of the color of
| these spores 1t Is only necessary to cut
off the cap, place it on a piece of white
paper. cover with a jar and let 1t re-
| main until the spores falling on the
| paper. sport print Is made. showing
| the exact color Of the spores This is
| the first thing the beginner does.
1t has been suggested that an important
step in public education might be accom-
| plished. since 1t has been established that
every known species Of mushroom can
| be preserved entire, cap and stem, in a
| perfectly recognizable condition, that COL
lectfOns be laid out in every school, city
| and country. in order that the species
4 he nj crst, Co.
| comparison.
| By the arrangement of all species of
! fungi into the ten classes 1t SO hap
| pens that class one contains one-half
Of all. or 500 species. and Is therefore
| the most important class of all. In max
| Ing an alphabetical list of all the select
families of blade fungi 1t further happens
that the first family IS formed by the
| agarics. which are all good. and so far
the most appreciated. while the second
family is formed by the amanitas. of
which all should be avoided. Agarics
may justly be called the three F's, or
the first family of fungi.
There are many people who have no
idea how to prepare mushrooms.
| The simplest style of cooking makes a
very acceptable dish of these without
the use of any kind of meat
The plants should be first boiled In just
enough water to cover them for about
ten minutes; milk or cream may then
| be added with salt, pepper and some
parsley and in fifteen minutes more some
| flour. and with few minutes additional
cooking this dish. simple as it is. viii be
| found very acceptable. The mushrooms
may be fried in butter lard or any other
| fat used for such purpose, with some
slices Of onions and some parsley, and
the dish can be made ready in fifteen
| minutes.
! Tricholomas can be used with all kinds
of meats; they may be stewed together
with small pieces of beef. ham, bacon.
| tripe and liver. either simply or highly