%# ^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) /. ,. signifie "A SUIVRE '. le symbole V signifie "FIN". Mapa, plataa, charta. etc.. may be filmed at different reduction ratioa. Thoaa too large to be entirely Inciudea in one expoaure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand comer, left to right and top to bottom, aa many framea aa required. The following diagrama illuatrato tha method: Lee cartea. planchea. tableaux, etc., pauvent itra fiimite i dee taux de rMuction diffirants. Loraque la documem eat trop grand pour Atre reproduit en un seuJ ciichA. il est filmA it partir da I'angla sup4rieur gauche, de gauche A droite, et de haut en baa. en prenant le nombre d'Imagaa n^caaaaira. Laa diagrammes suivants illuatrent la mithoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 I I) I ,'>. mmmmmmm i?i MUSHROOMS iiiBl rti| i ja i iT ii i' ii i- mmm w» HWI THE y ^.^ OF CANADA. With engravings, and Catalogue of the Fungi of Canada* BY DANIEL KNODE WINDER L TORONTO. immiit sSSBSSBS Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canad^ in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy One, by Daniel Knode Winder, m the Office of the Minister of Agriculture. ^^HE object of titis littte work is to enable m^K the reader-to identify our best species of mushrooms. The species represented by the engravings are «ach abundant in its season, wholesome and deli- cious when properly prepared for the table. I have often and freely eaten of each specieg recommended. Fresh, sound specimens only should be nsed, as stale plants are a.s likely to produce indigestion, as meat in a similar condition, I shall be glad to give inf ormation-cegardin^ any qieeies foru^^arded to me. DANIEL IL WINDER, Toronto, March 7th, 1871. I ,:-V.- ■ JSOW MVSJETROOMS GBOTT. Unlike the flowering plants, the mushroom has no root, but in place of it, the mycelium or spawn, from which the young fungus springs. Under the top are gills, tubes or spines, that bear the sporeb. These spores are not true seeds, as they have no embryo, but falling upon the earth they germinate and form the spawn. It is a mistake .to suppose that a mushroom grows in a single night. Their production takes a long time. The young fungi exist beneath or upon the surface of the ground in a compressed compass, and when a humid night occurs, they expand and rise; but although much larger, the fungus is no heavier, and its substance baa upt increased -J- MirSHKOOMS; Agarieus campestris* MEADOW MUSHROOM. The well known Meadow mushroom grows in pastures, in autumn. It is white, and the gills are {)ink, at length black. Its diameter is 3 iK> 6 mclies. I i ■J TITUI MEADOW MlfSHP^OOM. A larrc volume nii-lit bo v;ritten a^^ou: thid fipccies, the only one popularly recognized m thia country, a3 edible. Thera is scarcely any ono who doos not feel himself competent to decide on the genuincnessof amupVi lom; its pimc mils easily di3- tinguishit, and out . cbepickin<.3 often thousand handa, a mlstako is' oi, r:xT3 occurrence ; and^yct no fuu-u3 nreseuta i^ :3lf urder such a vancty of forms, or such lingular diversities of aspect 1 The inference is plain; less disonmmation than *.. at employed to distinguish this would enable ^^ one who should take the trouble,, to reco-nise at a clance many cf the esculent species, whieh every sprint and autumn, fill our meadows and pastures with^plenteousness. At Rome, whilst many hundred baskets of what we call toadstools are carried home for the table, almost tne only one condemned to bo thrown into the Tiber, >jy the inspector of the fungus market i? our own mush- ^The plant is so well known and highly essteeme^ in this country that it is hardly necessary to say a word in its favour or repeat methods of preparing it for the table. Butter, spice, parsley, salt and pepper, appear to be in the greatest re(juest ; but when stewed, fried or pickled, it w equally delicious in alL M0SMEOOM8. Agaricus proceruB. SCALY MUSHROOM. This excellent -fJ^r^s^l^SgtSfs buff colour. ^""»^,^^tS?kSe «tem spotted up and down- tWp 13 scaly, a ^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ S^ is ;o dangerona fungus that resembles ,t. f jttraBEOOMS, • TnE SCALY MusnnooM. Wli'-nevcr an agaric on a lonj sta^, eiiLarged ut the base proaent3 a dry cuiicle more or less scaJj, a darker coloured umbonated top, a moveable ring, and w7«<« gills, it must be ^3^^^^^ P^'^ZT'J^l Lrasol agaric, and it maybe g.^tll»f„ ^f;'^^, ^liTs without tear. When the whitish flesh of this l^aric is bruised it sJiows a light reddish colour °" A most excellent mushroom, o^ a de icate flavour, and it must be considerea a moat usetul anecios ''—The Rev. M. J. Berkeley ^" Tf^nce trisd, it must please the most fastidi- „„. " iVorthinaton O. Smith. There can be L question but that, when young .«;i nuicklv trrown, the parasol agaric w a dehoi- oua f W- it has a light and delicate flavour Hhout the heavy richnlsa which belongs to the IrlinTrv field mushroom. The writer has prevail- ^S rmanv pwsons to try it -, all without excep- ti^n ha^oSit, many ha^-e thought it quite cqi^ *a!^d some have proclaimed it superior, o the com- D,on mushroom.— W. Mobimon, F. L. b. A Mode ofCooldno the Agancus /^'•"^^^^rf ^'^ ^rl PTOC-r-«8.— T^emove the scales and s.alks trom the agarics, and broil lightly over a clea» Arc on butter, and serve up quickly. ■*^^ >>'Wesab<«^j^^2f CQ ^ g'O O 2^ o 3 > z m O S c V) z 33 o o s \ MUSHROOMS* 15 Coprinus contatus. Thisfungns should be gathered for the table when the gUls are white or just changing to pink, and before they are black, in which latter, deU- quescent state, it is unfit for food. This species is one that abounds in many local- ities, but it is recognized as edible by-few peraogua, and left to waste year after year. TO STEW MUSHROOMS.— Put into a stew- pan two ounces of butter, and shake it over the fire till melted ; put in, a pint of mushrooms, a tea spoon full of salt, half as much pepper. Stew until tender and serve on a hot dish* I 16 MT78HROOM3. Uanihdrellus cibarius* THE CHANTARELLE. The flesliy body, thick swollen veins in place-of gills, and its brlLiant yellow colour, at once dis- tinguish this from every other species. They groY/ in meadows near woods, in summer and au- tumn. » 4 ■ ( ' I J'l ! i MUSHBOOMS. THE CHANTAJRELLE, ThBy often cover a hill where there aretre'-"?, and whenever they do appear they must eli.t the admiration of the passers by, for they look as if made of solid gold. When cooked this species has a rich mushroom like flavour pecu larly its own, and may be pre- pared for tho table in various ways, according to the fancy of the consumer; but beini? big and solid. It should be cut up, or if stewed, allowed to sun- ^dbutt ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ up with pepper, salt **This funirus," observes Vitfcadini, '* beins rather dry and tough by nature, requires a con- Biderable quantity of fluid sauce to cook it proper- V The common people in Italy dry or pickle, t^n^f^/V'' "" -^ f^^,,w^^t^r use. Perhaps t£e best ways of dressing the Cantharelle are o stew or mince It by Itself, or to combine it with meat or with other funguses. It requires to be gently Btewed and a long time to make it tender ; but by soaking it m milk the night before, Jeaa cooking will be requisite. ''-^Badham, ^ 18 MUSHROOMS. I £• .11 JEEydnum repandunt. ! II* SPINE BEARING MUSHROOM. The colour of tliia musliroom is buff; and in- itSi\d of gills ifc has spines on the under surface. The top is frequently irregular and the stem out of the centre. MU8HB00JK1I. 29 f SPINE- BE A RING MU,