Clusius’ Latin dissertation on Hungarian mushrooms, originally published in 1601, separates over one hundred species into edible and nonedible fungi. Botanists of the time tended to describe few species and commingled safe and poisonous ones. Clusius, who detested the smell and taste of mushrooms, nonetheless gives examples of Hungarian preparations.
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