Michel Étienne DESCOURTILZ. Edible, suspect and poisonous mushrooms with an indication of the means to be used to neutralize the effects of harmful species. A useful work for people living in the country, for the beneficent ladies of the castles, for the mayors and parish priests of towns and villages, for the people in charge of the office, and made available to the public, accompanied by ten plates of drawings made from nature, carefully colored and representing 200 species grouped on the ground that nourishes them. XLII + 209 pages. Chapron, 1827. 2 volumes.

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