Golden chanterelle mushroom, Cantharellus cibarius 23 and 24, gilled mushroom, Hygrocybe virgineus 25, meadow waxy cap, H. pratensis 26 and Scotch bonnet, Marasmius oreades 27. Chromolithograph after an illustration by M. C. Cooke from his own "British Edible Fungi, how to distinguish and how to cook them," London, Kegan Paul, 1891. Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825-1914) was a British botanist, mycologist and artist. He was curator a the India Musuem from 1860 to 1879, when he transferred along with the botanical collection to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.