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  A 
  PLAIN 
  AND 
  EASY 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  delicate 
  as 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  veal 
  surrounded 
  with 
  morells, 
  

   suitably 
  seasoned, 
  and 
  cooked 
  in 
  an 
  oven 
  in 
  its 
  own 
  

   juices. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  genus 
  Helvetia 
  the 
  return 
  to 
  the 
  forms 
  oi 
  

   Hymenomycetal 
  fungi 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  still 
  more 
  complete, 
  

   on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  even 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  hymenium 
  

   overspreads 
  the 
  surface, 
  a 
  feature 
  distinguishing 
  this 
  

   genus 
  from 
  the 
  preceding 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  student 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  

   led 
  by 
  the 
  external 
  appearance 
  in 
  opposition 
  to 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  structural 
  differences. 
  

  

  The 
  best 
  substitute 
  for 
  the 
  expensive 
  morell 
  may 
  be 
  

  

  found 
  in 
  two 
  indi- 
  

   genous 
  species 
  of 
  

   Helvetia 
  {II. 
  crispa 
  

   and 
  //. 
  lacunosa). 
  

   Like 
  the 
  morell, 
  they 
  

   may 
  be 
  collected 
  

   during 
  the 
  season 
  

   and 
  dried, 
  and 
  thus 
  

   preserved 
  for 
  use 
  all 
  

   the 
  year 
  round. 
  lie 
  

   must 
  be 
  indeed 
  an 
  

   excellent 
  judge 
  and 
  

   of 
  a 
  most 
  exquisite 
  

   *" 
  r 
  taste, 
  who 
  can 
  detect 
  

  

  ''"!' 
  *' 
  the 
  difference 
  in 
  

  

  flavour 
  between 
  the 
  Morchella 
  and 
  the 
  Helvetia, 
  for 
  

   both 
  are 
  equally 
  good. 
  Five 
  species 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  Great 
  

  

  Britain 
  ; 
  i.e., 
  H. 
  sulcata, 
  crispa, 
  lacunosa, 
  clastica, 
  and 
  

   ephippium. 
  Doubtless 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  would 
  be 
  esculent 
  

  

  