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  • Edible fungi: 19 species, including horse and field mushrooms (Agaricus), morels (Morchella and Helvella) and Boletus species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, ca. 1827, after Prieur.
  • Varieties of mushrooms and edible fungi. Coloured mixed method engraving by A. M. Perrot after E. Hocquart and J. C. Perrot.
  • Viburnum japonicum Spreng. Caprifoliaceae Distribution: Evergreen Shrub. Distribution: Japan and Taiwan. No medicinal uses. The fruit is a 'famine food' eaten when all else fails. As other seeds/fruits of Viburnum species are listed as poisonous, and none are listed as 'edible', one can assume that the seeds/fruits of V. japonicum are also toxic. It does not appear vulnerable to pests or molluscs which may be due to irioid glycosides that are present in this genus produced as a defence against herbivores, fungi and bacteria. They have a bitter taste. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Viburnum japonicum Spreng. Caprifoliaceae Evergreen Shrub. Distribution: Japan and Taiwan. No medicinal uses. The fruit is a 'famine food' eaten when all else fails. As other seeds/fruits of Viburnum species are listed as poisonous, and none are listed as 'edible', one can assume that the seeds/fruits of V. japonicum are also toxic. It does not appear vulnerable to pests or molluscs which may be due to irioid glycosides that are present in this genus produced as a defence against herbivores, fungi and bacteria. They have a bitter taste. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Viburnum japonicum Spreng. Caprifoliaceae Distribution: Evergreen Shrub. Distribution: Japan and Taiwan. No medicinal uses. The fruit is a 'famine food' eaten when all else fails. As other seeds/fruits of Viburnum species are listed as poisonous, and none are listed as 'edible', one can assume that the seeds/fruits of V. japonicum are also toxic. It does not appear vulnerable to pests or molluscs which may be due to irioid glycosides that are present in this genus produced as a defence against herbivores, fungi and bacteria. They have a bitter taste. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Parasol mushrooms (Lepiota procera): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour.
  • Parasol mushrooms (Lepiota procera): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1892.
  • A branch of holly (Ilex species) with blue berries and three ito mushrooms (Armillaria matsutake). Watercolour.
  • Two parasol mushrooms (Lepiota procera) and a shaggy parasol mushroom (Lepiota rhacodes). Watercolour, 1898.
  • Fawn pluteus fungus (Pluteus cervinus): three fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Watercolour by C. H. Spencer Perceval, 1904.
  • Shaggy parasol mushrooms (Lepiota rhacodes): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1896.
  • Pine spike cap fungus (Chroogomphus rutilus): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1899.
  • Pine spike cap fungus (Chroogomphus rutilus): one fruiting body. Watercolour, 1900.
  • Shaggy parasol mushrooms (Lepiota rhacodes): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1893.
  • A fungus (Pleurotus ulmarius): a group of fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1896.
  • Velvet shank fungus (Flammulina velutipes) growing on wood. Watercolour, 1893.
  • A fungus (Pleurotus dryinus): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1896.
  • Shaggy ink cap or lawyer's wig fungus (Coprinus comatus): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1894.
  • Common morel (Morchella esculenta): five fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Watercolour, 1896.
  • A fungus (Coprinus atramentarius): five fruiting bodies in grass. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1893.
  • Brown wood mushrooms (Agaricus silvaticus): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1891.
  • False death cap fungus (Amanita citrina): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1895.
  • A fungus (Coprinus micaceus): group of fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1899.
  • False death cap fungus (Amanita citrina): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1893.
  • A fungus (Coprinus micaceus): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1888.
  • Shaggy ink cap or lawyer's wig fungus (Coprinus comatus): fruiting bodies on soil. Watercolour.
  • The false death cap fungus (Amanita citrina): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1887.
  • A morel (Morchella species): three fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1896.
  • The beefsteak fungus (Fistulina hepatica): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1895.
  • Field mushroom (Agaricus campestris): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1899.