﻿OF 
  BRITISH 
  FUNGJ. 
  HI 
  

  

  some 
  qualities 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  The 
  whole 
  substance 
  is 
  

   less 
  watery 
  than 
  the 
  common 
  mushroom, 
  and 
  if 
  old 
  

   specimens 
  are 
  mixed 
  in 
  the 
  dish, 
  or 
  any 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  

   not 
  cooked 
  carefully 
  and 
  slowly 
  for 
  some 
  time, 
  the 
  result 
  

   will 
  prove 
  very 
  unsatisfactory, 
  for 
  they 
  will 
  become 
  as 
  

   tough 
  as 
  leather 
  ; 
  but 
  a 
  dish 
  of 
  young 
  individuals 
  will 
  

   make 
  a 
  most 
  excellent 
  stew, 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  accompani- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  sweet 
  herbs, 
  pepper, 
  and 
  salt. 
  

  

  Another 
  fungus 
  {A. 
  geotropus) 
  is 
  often 
  found 
  in 
  

   considerable 
  quantities, 
  growing 
  in 
  rings, 
  in 
  the 
  neigh- 
  

   bourhood 
  of 
  fir-trees, 
  having 
  a 
  convex 
  funnel-shaped 
  

   pileus, 
  which 
  is 
  either 
  white 
  or 
  tan-coloured. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  

   solid, 
  compact 
  stem, 
  decreasing 
  in 
  size 
  towards 
  the 
  

   pileus. 
  The 
  gills 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  pileus, 
  

   crowded, 
  and 
  running 
  down 
  the 
  stem, 
  and 
  have 
  at 
  

   first, 
  the 
  odour 
  of 
  garlic, 
  which 
  afterwards 
  resembles 
  

   more 
  that 
  of 
  bitter 
  almonds. 
  This 
  species, 
  especially 
  

   one 
  of 
  its 
  varieties, 
  is 
  considered 
  excellent, 
  equal 
  to 
  

   many, 
  and 
  superior 
  to 
  most, 
  of 
  our 
  edible 
  fungi. 
  All 
  

   the 
  species 
  nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  it 
  are 
  harmless, 
  so 
  that 
  there 
  

   is 
  no 
  danger 
  in 
  their 
  being 
  confounded. 
  

  

  The 
  succeeding 
  group 
  (Collybia) 
  has 
  also 
  its 
  edible 
  

   representatives, 
  albeit 
  they 
  are 
  scarcely 
  worthy 
  of 
  any 
  

   eulogium. 
  Any 
  one 
  who 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  habit 
  

   of 
  noticing 
  with 
  any 
  interest 
  this 
  singular 
  class 
  of 
  

   plants, 
  will 
  have 
  met 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  common 
  species 
  of 
  

   this 
  sub-genus 
  with 
  a 
  rooting 
  stem, 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  A. 
  radicatdit 
  has 
  been 
  given. 
  It 
  is 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  

   this 
  deviation 
  in 
  its 
  habit 
  from 
  the 
  ordinary 
  growth 
  nf 
  

   Agarics 
  that 
  we 
  refcr 
  to 
  it 
  and 
  not 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  any 
  

  

  