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mended and determined by some one of experience. 

 There is no better method than to join in some fungus 

 foray, which is usually conducted by some capable 

 person, and endeavour to have the edible species 

 pointed out, so that they may be examined and 

 compared with descriptions and figures. In this way 

 all hesitation is removed, and those particular species 

 become as well known as the face of an old and 

 familiar friend. 



XXXV.— LIST OF EDIBLE FUNGI. 



Dry and uninteresting as an inventory, or catalogue, 

 will be a barren list of the fungi of Britain available 

 for domestic purposes, and yet we are about to 

 venture upon it as a direct means of proving that 

 the subject has not been exhausted. Of course we 

 do not expect any one to read it, but some infatuated 

 individual may at some remote period be induced to 

 consult it, perhaps with the charitable hope of finding 

 it wrong, or making suggestions for its improvement. 

 It must not be concluded that all are equally delicate, 

 or appetizing ; it is sufficient for this purpose that the 

 species is recognized as edible. Their respective 

 merits must be determined by individual tastes. 

 Some are prefixed by an asterisk (*) to indicate that 



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