. The Alumni journal. College of Pharmacy of the City of New York; Pharmacology. PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK LIBRA! NEW V«j BOTaNJv OARUii Vol. III. New York, February, 1896. No. 2. OUR CO/VIMON EDIBLE AND POISONOUS HUSHROOMS AND TOADSTOOLS. BY SMITH KLY JEr-LIFFE, M. D., Professor of Pharmacognosy at the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York. It may be a one-sided view of the uni- verse, but we of the human race are rather apt to think that the heavens and the earth and all that in them is, were created for the sole and special
. The Alumni journal. College of Pharmacy of the City of New York; Pharmacology. PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK LIBRA! NEW V«j BOTaNJv OARUii Vol. III. New York, February, 1896. No. 2. OUR CO/VIMON EDIBLE AND POISONOUS HUSHROOMS AND TOADSTOOLS. BY SMITH KLY JEr-LIFFE, M. D., Professor of Pharmacognosy at the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York. It may be a one-sided view of the uni- verse, but we of the human race are rather apt to think that the heavens and the earth and all that in them is, were created for the sole and special purpose of adding to our comfort or pleasure. And when we are brought into sudden and painful contact with the business end of a mosquito or wasp, or find that the edi- ble looking mushroom turns out to be deadly, we wonder in an injured way why such things were made, and imply that it was an oversight on the Creator's part that our convenience was not con- sulted. Now, if we could regard mankind as merely an incidental element in the world, and look at life from the standpoint of the several hundred thousand species of fungi that exist, we should be persuaded that all the other plants in the world as well as all the animals, including man himself, were created for the express pur- pose of prolonging their existence. O-stensibly our evening is to be spent in finding out what fungi are good for us to eat; but we must admit that we are rather late in our inquiries, for during the last few million years the fungi have been di.'-covering that every created thing was good for some one of them to eat, and since man came upon the scene, they have been finding one way after another to prey upon him. It is therefore only fair that we should devote our attention to turning the tables upon our parasitic friends, and try to discover how best we may prey upon them, without endangering either our digestions or our lives. Of course, no one will misunderstand me and imagine that the class of
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