oronge

With the oronge, or imperial mushroom, the result is

The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

Now here is a strange thing: those passionate devotees of Boletus Satanas absolutely refuse certain mushrooms which we find delightful eating, including the most celebrated of all, the oronge, the imperial mushroom, which the Romans of the empire, past masters in gluttony, called the food of the gods, cibus deorum, the agaric of the Caesars, Agaricus caesareus.

The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Jean-Henri Fabre 1869