> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 223](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355310) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/23157-1) LSID 23157-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5080838) QID Q5080838 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author McIlvaine, Charles (1840-1909), American mycologist, soldier (1861-1863), "scriptor jocosus" and famous mycophagist. **Abbreviated name**: *McIlv.* \[standard form in IPNI: *McIlv.*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 425; BM 3: 1210; Bossert p. 260; Kelly p. 147; Kew 3: 540; LS 17615-17618, 36860, suppl. 17928; NAF 9(6): 442; PH 567; Stevenson p. 1251. - Burk, W. R., Bibl. N. Amer. Gasteromyc. 1: 121-123. 1980. - Bowser, W. P., McIlvàinea 1: 1-8. 1972 ("The man who ate mushrooms"; b. 31 Mai 1840, d. 4 Aug 1909). - Hesler, L. R., Biogr. sketches North Amer. mycol. 1975, mss. - Harshberger, J. W., Bot. Philadelphia 32, 313-315. 1899 (portr.). - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 199. 1905. #### Note Used the pseudonym *Tobe Hodge* for some of his nature love stories. – McIlvaine tried out his mycophagous experiments not only on himself, but also on some hospital patients: "The writer saved the life of a lovely woman by feeding her upon it \[*Marasmius oreades*\] when nothing else could be retained." (see Bowser 1972). #### Eponymy (genus): *Macilvainea* Nieuwland (1916); (journal): *McIlvainea*. Official Organ of the North American Mycological Association. Portsmouth, Ohio. Vol. 1-x. 1972-x. ### Publications ##### n.5178. One thousand American fungi **Title** Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi edible and poisonous *One thousand American fungi* how to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous giving full botanic descriptions made easy for reader and student. By Charles McIlvaine... assisted by Robert K. Macadam toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc. etc. Indianapolis, U. S. A. (The Bowen-Merrill Company) s.d. \[1900\] Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Thousand Amer. fungi*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Robert K. Macadam. *Ed. 1*: Jan-Mai 1900 (Nat. Nov. Jun-Jul 1900; Bot. Zeit. 16 Jul 1900), p. \[i\*-iii\*\], front., \[i\]-xxxvii, 1-704, *pl. 1-15, 15a, 16-27, 27a, 28-29, 29a, 29b, 30-35, 35a, 36-40, 40a, 41-45, 45a, 45b, 46-55, 55a, 56-58, 58a, 58b, 59, 59a, 60-71, 71a, 72-76, 76a, 76b, 77-78, 78a, 79-80, 80a, 81-86, 86a, 86b, 87-96, 96a, 97, 97a,98-112, 112a, 113-115, 115a, 116-144, 144a, 145-148, 148a, 149-170, 170a, 170b, 171-176, 176a, 177-182*, some (68) in col. *Copies*: L, NY, Stevenson, USDA (listing of plates based on this copy). Copies numbered 1-750. Plate sequences show variations. *Ed. 2* (reissue with suppl.): 1902 (copyright), p. \[1\*\], \[i\]-xxxvii, \[1\]-729 (p. 705-729: Supplement), *plates*: as in ed. I. *Copies*: NY, Stevenson. "Revised edition", Indianapolis (The Bowen-Merrill Company...) s.d. *Ed. 3*: 1912 (Nat. Nov. Sep(2) 1912), front., p. \[i\]-xxix, 1-749, *pl. 1, 2, 3, 4*, \[*5*\], *6, 7, 7a ,8-15, 15a, 16, 18-29, 29a, 30-31, 31a, 32-36, 35a, 37-41, 41a, 42-45, 45a, 45b, 46-55, 55a, 56-58, 58a, 59, 59a, 60-71, 71a, 72-76, 76a, 76b, 77-78, 78a, 79-80, 80a, 81-86, 86a, 86b, 87-88, 90-93, 93a, 94-96, 96a, 96a*\[*bis*\], *97-112, 112a, 113-114, 129a, 115-122, 124-128, 131-134, 134a, 135-144, 144a, 145-148, 148a, 149-156, 158-167, 167a, 168-175, 175a, 175b, 176, 176a, 177-182. Missing plates*: *89, 123, 130, 157. Copy*: US. "New edition revised throughout by Charles Frederick Millspaugh \[1854-1923\]... with supplementary chapter and many new illustrations" Indianapolis (The Bobbs-Merrill Company...) s.d. Oct. *Reissue of ed. 2*: 1973, p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-lxii, \[1, h.t.\] \[1\]-729. with plates (182 of which 31 col.) as in orig. *Copy*: NY. – "With a new essay on nomenclatural changes by Robert L. Shaffer \[1929-x\]..." Dover Publications, Inc. New York.