DOUBS. Octave GROSJEAN, mycologist and schoolteacher in Thur - Lot 261

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DOUBS. Octave GROSJEAN, mycologist and schoolteacher in Thur - Lot 261
DOUBS. Octave GROSJEAN, mycologist and schoolteacher in Thurey-le-Mont, member of the Société d'Histoire naturelle du Doubs and the Société Mycologique de France, author of Champignons vénéneux de France et d'Europe (1903). 84 autograph letters signed to mycologist Émile Boudier (1828-1920). 145 pp. in-8. Thurey (mainly), Moncey, Saint-Hilaire et Maisières, 1899-1913. Extensive correspondence devoted to the mushrooms of the Doubs region, which he collected (mainly in the Thurey woods), described and sent to Émile Boudier for identification or confirmation; some letters are accompanied by small pencil sketches. He organizes excursions with his students, and mushroom exhibitions in Besançon... A few letters are devoted to the publication of his work on poisonous mushrooms, and on one of them Boudier has written a long draft reply. "Having taken advantage of the leisure time left to me by my latest illness, I have written a small book: Poisonous mushrooms at elementary school and in the family. Before I do anything with it, I'd be very grateful if you'd take a look at it, point out what's wrong with it and, in a word, give me your valuable advice once again. Boudier returned his manuscript and made a long series of observations. "[...] You live in a department that is very rich in mushrooms, one of those where consumption is highest, and where, in addition to the well-known edibles, there are many russulas, milkcaps, etc. and the amanite vineuse (Rubens), species that are well known even to children, who are often the usual providers for families. Won't parents find that you've reduced the number of edible species too much [...]. Wouldn't it be a good idea to indicate briefly in the article on amanite that this genus, as you characterize it, contains several very different botanical genera, but that from the point of view of consumption, you have found it simpler to merge them into one, following the example of Gillet and a few others. Volvaries, however, are anatomically completely different from ringless amanitas [...]". He invites him to insist on the dangerousness of certain species, which can be confused with others...
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