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Field book of common mushrooms; with a key to identification of the gilled mushrooms and directions for cooking those that are edible. / By William Sturgis Thomas, M.D., Late President, New York Mycological Society; Member, New York Botanical Garden, Torrey Botanical Club; Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine. With 93 species in Color and numerous Black and White illustrations.
LIBRA Rare QK617 .T56 1948 Malgieri copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomas, William Sturgis, 1871-1941.
- Series:
- Putnam's nature field books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mushrooms--United States.
- Mushrooms.
- Agaricaceae.
- United States.
- Penn Provenance:
- Malgieri, Nick (donor) (Malgieri Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xx, 369 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, xvi leaves of color plates : illustrations (part color) ; 18 cm.
- Edition:
- New and enlarged third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1948]
- Contents:
- How to collect and examine mushrooms
- Gilled mushrooms, their propagation and structure
- How to use the key. Table of features of gilled mushrooms used in their identification
- Key to common gilled mushrooms. Pictorial key to genera
- Descriptions of genera and species of common gilled mushrooms
- Common mushrooms other than those with gills
- Mushrooms as food
- Mushrooms as food and general directions for preparing and cooking them
- Special recipes for preparing various species of edible gilled mushrooms for the table.
- Notes:
- Previously published in 1928 under title: Field Book of Common Gilled Mushrooms.
- "The text of this Third Edition has been scrutinized for accuracy in the light of new scientific knowledge. In addition, Dr. Donald P. Rogers, Curator of the New York Botanical Garden has kindly checked the scientific nomenclature and his valuable aid is gratefully acknowledged. "--Preface to Third Edition.
- Contains prefaces to first, second and third editions.
- Includes indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Nick Malgieri.
- Malgieri Collection is "Twelfth Impression" of Third Edition.
- Malgieri Collection copy has card of Mart Mingoya Curro laid in and "October 6, 2008" written on front free endpaper.
- OCLC:
- 187327359
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