﻿OF 
  BRITISH 
  FUNGI. 
  55 
  

  

  them 
  gently 
  with 
  fine 
  herbs 
  and 
  delicate 
  sauce 
  : 
  in 
  

   this 
  manner, 
  Berkeley 
  says 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  supply 
  the 
  

   place 
  of 
  better 
  species, 
  and 
  a 
  correspondent, 
  who 
  always 
  

   economizes 
  all 
  he 
  meets 
  with, 
  affirms 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  

   excellent. 
  It 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  our 
  figures 
  (PI. 
  4, 
  fig. 
  2) 
  

   will 
  enable 
  the 
  amateur 
  to 
  distinguish 
  them 
  with 
  

   facility. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  species 
  (H. 
  pratensis) 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  open 
  

   pastures 
  in 
  the 
  autumn, 
  not 
  uncommonly. 
  In 
  colour 
  

   it 
  is 
  variable, 
  in 
  all 
  shades 
  between 
  a 
  light 
  luff 
  and 
  a 
  

   dark 
  orange. 
  Its 
  habits 
  are 
  gic-^iious, 
  growing 
  gene- 
  

   rally 
  in 
  tufts, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  in 
  parts 
  of 
  circles. 
  The 
  

   pileus 
  is 
  slightly 
  elevated 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  and 
  smooth. 
  

   The 
  stem 
  becomes 
  rather 
  smaller 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  is 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  spongy 
  in 
  the 
  interior. 
  The 
  gills 
  are 
  

   not 
  numerous, 
  but 
  thick 
  and 
  decurrent, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  red- 
  

   dish 
  buff-colour, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  trace 
  of 
  a 
  ring. 
  In 
  

   colour, 
  therefore, 
  it 
  is 
  readily 
  distinguished 
  from 
  the 
  

   last 
  species, 
  although 
  occasionally 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  

   nearly 
  white. 
  In 
  habit 
  and 
  general 
  appearance 
  it 
  

   resembles 
  II. 
  xirgineus. 
  It 
  is 
  perfectly 
  wholesome, 
  and 
  

   is 
  sometimes 
  eaten 
  in 
  France 
  ; 
  and 
  if 
  not 
  quite 
  equal 
  

   to 
  the 
  other, 
  it 
  is 
  certainly 
  preferable 
  to 
  some 
  which 
  have 
  

   been 
  more 
  strongly 
  recommended. 
  It 
  is 
  scarcely 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  to 
  caution 
  our 
  readers 
  against 
  an 
  allied 
  species 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  genus, 
  which 
  is 
  extremely 
  variable 
  in 
  colour, 
  

   and 
  is 
  at 
  first 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  greenish 
  evanescent 
  gluten. 
  

   The 
  best 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  said 
  of 
  it 
  is, 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  suspicious. 
  

   It 
  is 
  sometimes 
  called 
  the 
  Parrakeet 
  Mushroom 
  (Il.psit- 
  

   tacinus), 
  and 
  its 
  tints 
  are 
  generally 
  bright, 
  combin- 
  

  

  