The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise is a textbook explaining the edible quality of various types of mushrooms. Excerpt: "The book then is for the beginner, and all beginners; the college student will find that this is the guide to use when he is ready to begin studying the mushrooms; the teachers in the schools should all begin to study mushrooms now, and for the purpose, they will find this book advantageous; the people who see mushrooms Often but do not know them may find here a book that is a help."