These mushrooms, despite the title, are not just labelled as good and bad, we also have an "Indigeste", a "Comestible", some "Tres Dangereux", a few "Veneneux" which means poisonous and even a "Tres Veneneux". And that is pretty much why we chose this one first, as not all mushrooms are edible, and more than that, the deadly and the tasty often look very much the same.
There seems that there would be few tackling this as a meal, for the name acts as a warning. It translates to goat-scented cortinaria, cortinarius being the parent category of fungi. In fact several mushroom hunting guides go further, calling it stinking, and one even reads "Odour : strong, frightening smell of goat". It is found between August and November on acid soil, most frequently beneath conifers and pines.
This is rather a confusing set, for some of the cards are upright, or vertical, like ours, and others are not only horizontal but, for the most part, have two different mushrooms on the front and include a note of where they grow. For a while I thought that there were two sets, one vertical and one horizontal, but the backs are identical on both sorts and the title, at the top of the reverse, is the same on every card. However, maybe I was right, for when they appear in our first ever Cartophilic Notes and News magazine, volume one number one, for January/February 1965, they are recorded as :
- Q1 - Quels sont les Bons et Mauvais Champignons ? (Which are the Good and the Bad Mushrooms?). Two series. Unnd
(1) Horizontal Format. 104 x 54. 16 known.
(2) Vertical Format. 106 x 55. 43 known
Now I have eighteen of the horizontal format, so that is just two extra - and if anyone would like to count the horizontals please do... though it may be easier (for someone else) to deduct the eighteen from the eighty one and arrive at the number of verticals that way. Anyway, here is a list
- Agaric Eleve-Coulumelle - Bon / Agaric Dartreux - Veneneux - (H)
- Amanite Ovoide - Bon - (V)
- Amanite Rougeatre - Bon - (V)
- Amanite Solitaire - Bon - (V)
- Armillaire de Miel - Mauvais - (V)
- Armillaire Bulbeuse - Bon - (V)
- Armillaire Robuste - Bon - (V)
- Bolet Blafard - Mauvais - (V)
- Bolet du Cepe - Comestible / Bolet Jaune - Mauvais - (H)
- Bolet Jaune Clair - Mauvais - (V)
- Bolet Rude - Comestible / Bolet Safran - Veneneux - (H)
- Bolet Tete de Negre - Bon / Bolet Pernicieux - Veneneux - (H)
- Champignon de Couche - Bon / Amanite Phalloide - Tres Dangereux - (H)
- Champignon des Pres de Rosee - Bon / Amanite Printaniere - Tres Dangereux - (H)
- Chanterelle Comestible Gyrole - Bon / Fausse Gyrole - Veneneux - (H)
- Clathre Grillage - Mauvais - (V)
- Clavaires - Bons - (H)
- Clitocybe des Bruyeres - Bon - (V)
- Clitocybe Nebuleux - Bon - (V)
- Clitocybe Vert - Bon - (V)
- Clitopile Orcelle - Bon - (V)
- Collybie a Pied en Fuseau - Indigeste - (V)
- Collybie de Chene - Bon - (V)
- Coprin Chevelu - Bon / Coprin Noir d`Encre - Veneneux / Coprin Noir et Blanc - ID - (H)
- Coprin Micace - Mauvais - (V)
- Cortinaire a Odeur de Bouc - Mauvais - (V)
- Cortinaire Eleve - Mauvais - (V)
- Cortinaire Violet - Bon - (V)
- Craterelle Corne d`Abondance - Bon - (V)
- Entolome Livide - Veneneux - (V)
- Fistuline Hepatique - Bon - (V)
- Helvelle Crepue - Bon / Helvelle Lacuneuse - Bon - (H)
- Hydnes - Bon - (H*)
- Hygrophore a Feuillets Jaunes - Mauvais - (V)
- Hygrophore Conique - Mauvais - (V)
- Hygrophore Jaune d`Or - Mauvais - (V)
- Hygrophore Rougissant - Bon - (V)
- Laccaria Vernisse - Bon - (V)
- Lactaire Orange - Bon / Lactaire aux Tranchees - Veneneux - (H)
- Lactair Pale - Bon - (V)
- Lactaire Poivre - Mauvais - (V)
- Lactaire Tache - Mauvais - (V)
- Lenzite Flasque - Mauvais - (V)
- Lepiote en Bouclier - Bon - (V)
- Lepiote Granuleuse - Bon - (V)
- Marasme faux-Mousseron - Bon / Hypholome Fascicule - Veneneux - (H)
- Morilles - Bon / Truffes - Bon - (H)
- Mousseron de St. Georges - Bon - (V)
- Mycene Incline - Mauvais - (V)
- Nyctalis a Spores Etoilees - Mauvais - (V)
- Oronge - Bon / Faux Orange - Tres Veneneux - (H)
- Paxille Enroule - Bon - (V)
- Paxille Veloute Noir - Bon - (V)
- Pezize en Coupe - Bon - (V)
- Pezize Veinee - Bon / Lycoperdon Vesse de Loup-Jeune - Mauvais - (H)
- Phalle Vulgaire - Veneneux - (V)
- Pholiote Ecailleux - Mauvais - (V)
- Pleurote du Chene - Bon - (V)
- Pleurote de l`Erygium - Bon - (V)
- Pleurote de l`Orme - Bon - (V)
- Pleurote de l`Olivier - Mauvais - (V)
- Pleurote en Coquille - Mauvais - (V)
- Polypore Chicoree - Bon - (V)
- Polypore des Brebis - Bon - (V)
- Polypore du Bouleau - Mauvais - (V)
- Pratelle Jaunissante - Bon / Amanite Citrine - Tres Veneneux - (H)
- Russule Cyanoxanthe (Charbonnier) - Bon / Russule Emetique - Veneneux - (H)
- Russule Doree - Bon - (V)
- Russule Gorge de Pigeon - Bon - (V)
- Russule Verdoyante - Bon - (V)
- Scleroderme Vulgaire - Mauvais - (V)
- Strophaire Vert de Gris - Mauvais - (V)
- Tricholome Ardent - Veneneux - (V)
- Tricholome Couleur de Soufre - Veneneux - (V)
- Tricholome Enfle - Mauvais - (V)
- Tricholome Equestre - Bon - (V)
- Tricholome Nu - Bon - (V)
- Tricholome Panache - Mauvais - (V)
- Tricholome Russule - Bon - (V)
- Vesse Loup Gigantesque - Mauvais - (V)
- Volvaire Gluante - Veneneux - (V)
So are there any others? If so do let us know.....