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  A 
  PLAIN 
  AND 
  EASY 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  esculent 
  species 
  are 
  so 
  well 
  known 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  

   remotest 
  possibility 
  of 
  a 
  poisonous 
  species 
  associating 
  

   with 
  its 
  betters 
  unawares. 
  This 
  advice 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  

   remembrance 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  poison 
  of 
  the 
  dan- 
  

   gerous 
  species 
  is 
  so 
  powerful, 
  that 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  

   is 
  capable 
  of 
  producing 
  most 
  unpleasant 
  and 
  fatal 
  

   results. 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  Cantharellus 
  has 
  thick, 
  swollen, 
  and 
  

   branched 
  gills, 
  with 
  the 
  edges 
  blunt 
  and 
  rounded 
  so 
  as 
  

   to 
  have 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  veins 
  rather 
  than 
  gills. 
  

  

  The 
  beautiful 
  little 
  yellow 
  Chantarelle 
  (Cantharellus 
  

   cibarius) 
  having 
  been 
  once 
  seen, 
  is 
  sure 
  to 
  be 
  recog- 
  

   nized, 
  and, 
  once 
  tasted, 
  to 
  be 
  remembered. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  

   bright, 
  deep 
  yellow 
  colour, 
  with 
  a 
  smell 
  like 
  that 
  

   of 
  ripe 
  apricots 
  ; 
  the 
  pileus 
  becomes 
  at 
  first 
  convex 
  

   and 
  wafterards 
  funnel-shaped. 
  (PL 
  12, 
  upper 
  figure.) 
  

   The 
  gills 
  are 
  thick 
  and 
  branched, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   colour 
  as 
  the 
  pileus. 
  The 
  chantarelle 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  

   woods 
  and 
  occasionally 
  in 
  more 
  open 
  localities, 
  although 
  

   another 
  species 
  unworthy 
  of 
  commendation 
  is 
  generally 
  

   found 
  on 
  heaths 
  and 
  commons. 
  

  

  Berkeley 
  states 
  that 
  " 
  the 
  chantarelle 
  is 
  occasionally 
  

   served 
  up 
  at 
  public 
  dinners 
  at 
  the 
  principal 
  hotels 
  in 
  

   London 
  on 
  state 
  occasions, 
  where 
  every 
  effort 
  is 
  made 
  

   to 
  secure 
  the 
  rarest 
  and 
  most 
  costly 
  dainties." 
  In 
  some 
  

   parts 
  of 
  Kent, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  Sussex, 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  

   in 
  profusion 
  at 
  the 
  proper 
  season 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  there 
  

   is 
  no 
  reason 
  why 
  their 
  use 
  should 
  be 
  confined 
  to 
  first- 
  

   class 
  hotels 
  and 
  " 
  state 
  occasions," 
  provided 
  the 
  preju- 
  

   dice 
  against 
  eating 
  " 
  toadstools 
  " 
  could 
  be 
  overcome. 
  

  

  