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  A 
  PLAIN 
  AND 
  EASY 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  ing 
  parrot-like 
  hues 
  ; 
  whence 
  its 
  cognomen 
  has 
  been 
  

   derived. 
  

  

  The 
  third 
  edible 
  species 
  (H. 
  eburneus) 
  cannot 
  be 
  so 
  

   well 
  recommended 
  as 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  others, 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  

   which 
  it 
  bears 
  some 
  resemblance, 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  distin- 
  

   guished 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  glandular 
  scales 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  

   upper 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  is 
  dotted. 
  This 
  is 
  also 
  

   common, 
  but 
  prefers 
  woody 
  localities, 
  and 
  betrays 
  a 
  

   foxy 
  tint 
  as 
  it 
  decays. 
  Did 
  it 
  not 
  flourish 
  in 
  a 
  different 
  

   situation, 
  there 
  would 
  at 
  least 
  be 
  no 
  dangerous 
  results 
  

   from 
  confounding 
  the 
  species. 
  

  

  To 
  these 
  might 
  be 
  added 
  still 
  another 
  species 
  

   (//. 
  /tici/is), 
  which 
  so 
  nearly 
  resembles 
  //. 
  virgineus 
  

   that 
  it 
  may 
  not 
  ultimately 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  specifically 
  dis- 
  

   tinct 
  from 
  it. 
  It 
  is, 
  moreover, 
  much 
  smaller, 
  being 
  

   sometimes 
  so 
  insignificant 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  appear 
  absurd 
  

   to 
  talk 
  of 
  cooking 
  it, 
  notwithstanding 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  

   common 
  in 
  pastures. 
  Whenever 
  found 
  large 
  enough, 
  

   it 
  may 
  be 
  eaten 
  with 
  II. 
  virgineus, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  

   amateur 
  will 
  find 
  a 
  difficulty 
  in 
  distinguishing 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  group 
  of 
  Agarics 
  now 
  classed 
  together 
  as 
  a 
  genus 
  

   under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Lactarius, 
  are 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  

   presence 
  of 
  a 
  milky 
  fluid, 
  from 
  whence 
  the 
  generic 
  

   name 
  has 
  been 
  derived. 
  This 
  fluid 
  is 
  commonly 
  at 
  

   first 
  white, 
  but 
  in 
  one 
  instance 
  it 
  is 
  coloured. 
  In 
  certain 
  

   of 
  the 
  British 
  species 
  this 
  milk 
  is 
  acrid, 
  and 
  the 
  fungi 
  

   of 
  that 
  group 
  are 
  not 
  only 
  valueless 
  as 
  food, 
  but 
  many 
  

   of 
  them 
  are 
  decidedly 
  injurious. 
  There 
  are 
  but 
  two 
  

   out 
  of 
  thirty 
  species 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  recommended 
  

   with 
  any 
  confidence, 
  and 
  even 
  these 
  have 
  not 
  escaped 
  

  

  