Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1892 — Mushrooms and Toadstools. [ARTICLE]

Mushrooms and Toadstools.

To tell mushrooms from toadstools (without eating and wait ng for the result) peel an onion and put with it the fungi while being cooked. If the onion remains white, eat with confidence. If it turns black, eat with an emetic or a stomach-pump at hand.