THE CHANTARELLE. IO3 



that, if properly prepared, the chantarelle would 

 arrest the pangs of death. 



This is a summer fungus, and only a few straggling 

 specimens are to be seen in the great fungus season of 

 Septem.ber and October, unless the weather is mild. 

 It is found in woods, and not in fields and open 

 pastures ; in some parts of the New Forest it is far 

 more plentiful than we have observed it in any other 

 part of England. At times we could have gathered 

 a bushel in an hour or two, but in 1888, 1889, and 

 1890 all kinds of fungi have been comparatively 

 scarce. 



The chantarelle is of a beautiful golden yellow 

 colour in all parts, it is a peculiar yellow, resembling 

 the dark yolk of an egg. In size it is about two inches 

 in breadth and height, and somewhat inversely 

 conical in shape, broadest at the top and gradually 

 decreasing downwards. The top of the cap is flat, 

 and soon depressed, with a thick, lobed, and undu- 

 lated margin, so that it is always very irregular and 

 often contorted. The flesh of the cap is thick and 

 diminishes gradually into the stem, which in this 

 instance is seldom removed for cooking, as it is of 

 a like texture to the cap. The gills are remarkable, 

 for they are very shallow and thick at the edge, like 

 veins, running down the stem, almost of the same 

 colour as the cap ; these veins are also forked, and 

 smaller veins run across transversely from gill to gill. 

 This thick veining, instead of true gill plates, djs- 



