THE MUSHROOM

EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE

ITS HABITAT AND ITS TIME OF GROWTH

WITH

PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS

OF

NEARLY ALL THE COMMON SPECIES

A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF MUSHROOMS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE
EDIBLE AND POISONOUS VARIETIES, WITH A VIEW OF OPENING UP
TO THE STUDENT OF NATURE A WIDE FIELD OF USEFUL
AND INTERESTING KNOWLEDGE

BY

M. E. HARD, M. A.

Superintendent of Public Instruction
Kirkwood, Mo.

THE OHIO LIBRARY CO.
DISTRIBUTORS
COLUMBUS, OHIO

Press of
THE NEW FRANKLIN PRINTING CO.
COLUMBUS, OHIO.

Halftones by Bucher Engraving Co.

Copyright 1908
by the
MUSHROOM PUBLISHING COMPANY
Columbus, Ohio
(All rights reserved)

AUTHOR'S EDITION
No.____

TO MY WIFE

Whose thorough knowledge of plant life,
and whose patience in preserving fungal specimens—sometimes
beautiful but often odorous—scattered
from the back porch to the author's library,
whose eyes, quick to detect structural differences,
and whose kindly and patient help have been a constant
benediction, this work's inscribed.