Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms and How to Distinguish Them A Selection of Thirty Native Food Varieties Easily Recognizable by their Marked Individualities, with Simple Rules for the Identification of Poisonous Species

"Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms and How to Distinguish Them" by W. Hamilton Gibson is a handbook designed to teach regular folks how to tell good mushrooms from bad ones. It talks about thirty kinds of local mushrooms you can eat and gives simple rules to help you avoid the poisonous ones. The book starts by explaining why it's important to know about mushrooms, especially since some can be deadly. Gibson points out that many people are interested in eating mushrooms, but it can be hard to learn about them safely. He focuses on the really dangerous kinds, like Amanita, and stresses that knowing how to spot them could save your life. He wants everyone to be able to enjoy the tasty mushrooms that nature offers, but only if they're careful and know what to look for.