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  A 
  PLAIN 
  AND 
  KASY 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  advanced, 
  they 
  may 
  lie 
  converted 
  into 
  a 
  very 
  passable 
  

   ketchup. 
  This 
  condiment 
  will 
  then 
  be 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  

   majority 
  of 
  samples 
  sold 
  as 
  mushroom 
  ketchup, 
  made 
  

   too 
  often 
  from 
  a 
  very 
  heterogeneous 
  mixture 
  of 
  species, 
  

   and 
  not 
  always 
  before 
  these 
  have 
  passed 
  into 
  a 
  state 
  of 
  

   decomposition. 
  Whether 
  prepared 
  for 
  the 
  table 
  or 
  for 
  

   ketchup, 
  it 
  should 
  always 
  be 
  remembered 
  that 
  the 
  

   sooner 
  the 
  preparation 
  takes 
  place 
  after 
  the 
  fungi 
  are 
  

   gathered 
  the 
  better. 
  The 
  plants 
  have 
  been 
  blamed 
  

   " 
  manv 
  a 
  time 
  and 
  oft" 
  for 
  being 
  unwholesome, 
  or 
  

   affording 
  an 
  indifferent 
  ketchup, 
  when 
  the 
  blame 
  ought 
  

   to 
  have 
  rested 
  in 
  the 
  kitchen. 
  (PI. 
  9.) 
  

  

  Closely 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  Maned 
  Agaric 
  is 
  another 
  species 
  

   (Coprinw 
  atramentarius) 
  greatly 
  resembling 
  it 
  in 
  

   appearance, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  scales 
  are 
  absent 
  from 
  the 
  

   pileus, 
  which 
  in 
  this 
  instance 
  is 
  smooth 
  am! 
  of 
  a 
  greyish 
  

   colour. 
  It 
  is 
  extremely 
  common 
  about 
  old 
  stumps 
  and 
  

   also 
  in 
  gardens, 
  flourishing 
  on 
  the 
  naked 
  soil. 
  This 
  

   species 
  is 
  often 
  found 
  in 
  large 
  clusters, 
  and 
  for 
  all 
  escu- 
  

   lent 
  purposes 
  should 
  be 
  collected 
  young. 
  It 
  has 
  not 
  

   only 
  a 
  similar 
  habit, 
  but 
  also 
  similar 
  properties 
  to 
  the 
  

   foregoing. 
  When 
  fully 
  expanded 
  and 
  melting 
  away 
  in 
  

   inky 
  drops, 
  it 
  is 
  unfit 
  for 
  anything 
  except 
  to 
  replenish 
  

   the 
  inkstand. 
  Popular 
  prejudice 
  is 
  as 
  strong 
  against 
  

   fungi 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  as 
  against 
  the 
  gigantic 
  frondose 
  

   polypori 
  and 
  the 
  puff-ball, 
  and 
  one 
  might 
  almost 
  as 
  

   readily 
  hope 
  to 
  convince 
  the 
  labourer 
  in 
  agricultural 
  

   districts 
  that 
  flint 
  stones 
  are 
  convertible 
  into 
  soup 
  as 
  

   that 
  such 
  " 
  toad's 
  meat" 
  is 
  fit 
  for 
  the 
  table 
  of 
  ft 
  

   Christian. 
  (PI. 
  10.) 
  

  

  