Edible and poisonous mushrooms : what to eat and what to avoid . With eighteen coloured plates illustrating forty-eight species / [M.C. Cooke] ; published under the direction of the General Literature Committee.

  • Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt), 1825-1914.
Date:
1894
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Credit: Edible and poisonous mushrooms : what to eat and what to avoid . With eighteen coloured plates illustrating forty-eight species / [M.C. Cooke] ; published under the direction of the General Literature Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    susceptible of becoming “ maggoty ” when old, and it should always be collected for the table before the cap is fully expauded, and then it is perfectly wholesome. The flavour is mild, but both in odour and taste less aromatic than the Common Mushroom. Although the younger specimens, when the cap is hemispherical, are to be preferred for cooking, the older and more expanded, when not attacked by insects, will make excellent ketchup. There is no fear of confounding the present with any other species if only ordinary care is exercised, and we have never heard of its disagreeing with any one who has partaken of it.