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  A 
  PLAIN 
  AND 
  EASY 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  failins: 
  in 
  satisfying 
  ourselves 
  of 
  its 
  merits 
  sufficiently 
  

   to 
  serve 
  as 
  a 
  basis 
  for 
  its 
  recommendation, 
  we 
  have 
  not 
  

   riven 
  an 
  illustration. 
  It 
  docs 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  eaten 
  

   on 
  the 
  Continent 
  ; 
  and 
  although 
  included 
  by 
  some 
  

   persons 
  amongst 
  edible 
  species, 
  Roques 
  considers 
  its 
  

   alimentary 
  qualities 
  as 
  doubtful. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  large 
  mushroom, 
  called 
  appropriately 
  A 
  . 
  maxi- 
  

   iit 
  us, 
  attaining 
  sometimes 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  nearly 
  a 
  foot, 
  

   is 
  occasionally 
  found 
  in 
  woods 
  growing 
  in 
  rings. 
  The 
  

   pileus 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  down,«md 
  ultimately 
  splits 
  

   or 
  cracks 
  ; 
  the 
  gills 
  are 
  very 
  crowded, 
  and 
  at 
  first 
  

   white, 
  becoming 
  yellowish 
  with 
  age. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  

   affirmed 
  to 
  be 
  sweet 
  and 
  agreeable 
  cooked 
  in 
  any 
  

   way 
  ; 
  and 
  certainly 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  individuals 
  occasionally 
  

   found 
  are 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  furnish 
  any 
  one 
  with 
  a 
  meal. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  elegant 
  little 
  fungus. 
  {A. 
  dealbatus) 
  is 
  occa- 
  

   sionally 
  found 
  in 
  dense 
  clusters 
  on 
  mushroom 
  -beds, 
  and 
  

   more 
  often 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  fir 
  plantations. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  

   clear 
  ivory 
  whiteness, 
  especially 
  when 
  young, 
  and 
  the 
  

   upper 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  pileus, 
  which 
  is 
  depressed 
  and 
  ulti- 
  

   mately 
  cup 
  shaped, 
  has 
  a 
  satin-like 
  appearance. 
  The 
  

   gills 
  are 
  crowded, 
  thin, 
  and 
  white, 
  and 
  the 
  stem 
  is 
  

   fibrous, 
  thin, 
  and 
  equal 
  throughout 
  its 
  length. 
  The 
  

   margin 
  of 
  the 
  pileus 
  is 
  commonlj 
  waved 
  and 
  folded, 
  

   and 
  the 
  whole 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  

   elegant. 
  In 
  our 
  plate 
  (PI. 
  4, 
  lig. 
  1) 
  the 
  lower 
  figure 
  

   represents 
  a 
  young 
  specimen 
  when 
  the 
  pileus 
  is 
  but 
  

   little 
  depressed 
  ; 
  the 
  upper, 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  a 
  group 
  fully 
  

   matured. 
  

  

  We 
  can 
  speak 
  from 
  recenl 
  experience 
  of 
  the 
  whole- 
  

  

  