esculent

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The author will not assume the responsibility of instructing how to distinguish the esculent mushrooms.

From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary

The Amanita C�sarea has long been esteemed as an esculent in foreign countries, and was known in ancient times to the Greeks and Romans.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

The noxious Russulas have a bitter taste, and in appearance resemble closely the esculent ones, so care is required to discriminate them.

From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary

Different authors write with enthusiasm of the merits of the giant puff-ball as an esculent.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

They will command a high price as an esculent, and perhaps a higher, if they are preserved for the purposes of seed.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various