Iconography of the Mushrooms of Paulet

changes that we have had the work undergo. Everyone will agree that this was a necessity and that one should not leave negligence subsisting that could lead to errors by presenting species clothed in colors that did not belong to them.

Finally, to make the mushrooms easier to recognize, we have refrained from using scientific terms; that would have been to act against the ideas of Paulet, who wanted everyone to be able to understand him. We have preserved, as much as it was possible for us, all his specific Latin names; but we recall with regret that Professor Fries, who in all his works made it a rule to restore to each species the primitive name it received from each author who made it known, completely abandoned this with regard to Paulet, who, in a great number of cases, had incontestable priority over many modern mycologists. We will not seek to know the motives of this injustice; we have not sought to repair it, but we had to point it out.

An alphabetical table of the names of each species, of the synonymic names, and of the common names was indispensable. We have made it; it will facilitate the means of consulting this too-little-known work.

A diagram depicts a vertical list of ten circular and triangular symbols, each followed by a descriptive phrase.

• Mushroom of good quality.
• Not harmful.
• Which can be harmful or contract a poor quality.
• Of suspect quality or of a harmful class.
• Which is obviously harmful or troublesome.
• Which is even more harmful.
• Which puts one in danger of death.
• Which is mortal.
• Which is not fit to be eaten, without being poisonous.
• Which is not eaten, but which can be harmful if used.

The letter c, after the sign, denotes a common species. The letter r, a rare species, and the letter p, a species peculiar to certain countries or certain regions.