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  A 
  PLAIN 
  AND 
  EASY 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  The 
  chantarelle 
  may 
  be 
  preserved 
  for 
  winter 
  use, 
  

   either 
  by 
  drying 
  in 
  a 
  current 
  of 
  air, 
  or 
  pickling 
  in 
  sait 
  

   aud 
  water, 
  and, 
  before 
  being 
  used, 
  soaked 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  

   in 
  lukewarm 
  water. 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  Nyctalis, 
  which 
  is 
  .intermediate 
  between 
  

   the 
  last 
  and 
  the 
  next, 
  contains 
  species 
  which 
  are 
  small 
  

   in 
  size 
  and 
  parasitic 
  in 
  habit, 
  and 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  but 
  

   two 
  representatives. 
  

  

  Tn 
  Marasmius, 
  the 
  hymenophorum, 
  or 
  part 
  which 
  

   bears 
  the 
  gills, 
  though 
  continuous 
  with 
  the 
  stem, 
  is 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  in 
  texture. 
  The 
  spore-bearing 
  surface 
  is 
  dry, 
  

   and 
  the 
  folds 
  are 
  thick 
  and 
  tough, 
  but 
  sharp 
  or 
  acute 
  at 
  

   the 
  edge. 
  The 
  majority 
  of 
  species 
  are 
  also 
  rather 
  small 
  

   in 
  size, 
  but 
  are 
  not 
  parasitic 
  on 
  other 
  fungi, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  

   last 
  genus. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  a 
  singular 
  fact 
  that 
  whilst 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  

   " 
  mushroom 
  " 
  is 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  general 
  name 
  for 
  all 
  the 
  

   edible 
  species, 
  in 
  France 
  its 
  synonym 
  " 
  mousseron 
  '' 
  

   is 
  applied 
  to 
  but 
  one 
  species, 
  whilst 
  " 
  champignon," 
  

   which 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  country 
  as 
  a 
  general 
  term 
  for 
  

   all 
  fungi, 
  is 
  in 
  England 
  restricted 
  to 
  one 
  species, 
  which 
  

   is 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  genus. 
  

  

  The 
  little 
  Fairy-ring 
  Champignon 
  {Marasmius 
  

   oreades) 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  privileged 
  few 
  that 
  enjoy 
  a 
  

   good 
  reputation 
  ; 
  but 
  even 
  in 
  this 
  instance 
  the 
  reputation 
  

   is 
  but 
  local. 
  (PL 
  It, 
  upper 
  figure.) 
  In 
  the 
  dried 
  

   state 
  they, 
  are 
  available 
  for 
  culinary 
  purposes, 
  whilst 
  

   thousands 
  of 
  them 
  annually 
  rot 
  on 
  the 
  pastures 
  where 
  

   they 
  grow, 
  without 
  a 
  hand 
  to 
  gather 
  them. 
  There 
  

   is 
  very 
  little 
  difficulty 
  in 
  recognizing 
  the 
  champignon, 
  

  

  