64 EDIBLE AND POISONOUS MUSHROOMS. 



brownish when quite old. The other, or 

 Plum Mushroom (Ag. prunulus), is rather 

 more regularly shaped and fleshy, and 

 grows also in woods, preferring shady 

 places, whilst the other grows in the open. 

 In other respects it is difficult to point 

 out distinctions between the two. Both 

 are most excellent, and favourite articles of 

 food with fungus-eaters, being compared to 

 " sweetbread." They are usually placed 

 with butter in a covered dish, sprinkled 

 with pepper and salt, and set in a slow 

 oven, being kept covered to preserve the 

 aroma. Anything in the nature of stewing 

 spoils them. Some mycophagists consider 

 them superior to every other species. 



