Citations:frog cheese

English citations of frog cheese

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• 1828, Robert Kaye Greville, “Bovista gigantea: great double-coated puff-ball”, in Scottish cryptogamic flora, or, Coloured figures and descriptions of cryptogamic plants, belonging chiefly to the order Fungi, volume 6, Edinburgh: Maclachlan & Stewart, →OCLC, page n. 336:

  In some parts of England, the species now described has received the names of Puckfist and Frog-cheese.

• 1835, Thomas Nutt, Humanity to honey-bees: or, practical directions for the management of honey bees upon an improved and humane plan, by which the lives of bees may be preserved, and abundance of honey of a superior quality may be obtained, 3rd edition, London: Longman, →OCLC, page 126:

  This intoxicating fume is caused by introducing into the fumigating lamp a piece of ignited vegetable substance, called puck, puckball, or frog-cheese, or, most commonly, fuzzball.

• 1843, John Milton, quoting Thorley, The practical bee-keeper, or, Concise and plain instructions for the management of bees and hives, London: John Milton, →OCLC, page 95:

  The narcotic for stupefying is only the fume of the fungus maximus, fungus pulverulentus, or larger mushroom. It is also known as bunt, puckfist, or frog-cheese; it is larger than a man's head. It is to be baked in the oven after the bread is drawn.

• 1851 November 15, anonymous author, “Rambles in search of wild flowers”, in Chambers's Edinburgh journal‎^[1], volume 16, number 411, London, Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, →OCLC, page 315:

  There is another kind of fungus called puffe-fists, fusse-balls, bunt, puck-fist, frog-cheese, and other odd names, which is used for making a stupifying potion for bees.