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  A 
  PLAIN 
  AND 
  EASY 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  soon 
  as 
  gathered, 
  and 
  for 
  this 
  reason, 
  superadded 
  to 
  an 
  

   experience 
  of 
  their 
  excellent 
  qualities, 
  one 
  cannot 
  but 
  

   feel 
  surprised 
  at 
  their 
  absence 
  from 
  our 
  markets, 
  while 
  the 
  

   truffle 
  and 
  morell 
  obtain 
  at 
  times 
  most 
  extravagant 
  

   prices. 
  During 
  the 
  past 
  summer 
  a 
  country 
  gentleman, 
  

   living 
  remote 
  from 
  town 
  and 
  railway, 
  has 
  assured 
  us 
  

   that 
  his 
  own 
  kitchen, 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  his 
  friends, 
  

   are 
  kept 
  with 
  a 
  supply 
  of 
  Heltellas, 
  for 
  culinary 
  purposes, 
  

   from 
  year 
  to 
  year. 
  In 
  Sweden 
  and 
  Germany 
  they 
  are 
  

   considered 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  morell, 
  and 
  are 
  known 
  in 
  the 
  

   latter 
  country 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Gemeine 
  Morchel 
  or 
  

   Stu 
  mpf- 
  Mo 
  rch 
  el. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  succeeding 
  genus, 
  Verpa, 
  we 
  meet 
  with 
  forms 
  

   somewhat 
  intermediate 
  between 
  the 
  pileate 
  or 
  capped 
  

   Heltella 
  and 
  the 
  club-shaped 
  Geoglossum 
  ; 
  both 
  species 
  

   are, 
  however, 
  rare. 
  The 
  only 
  species 
  of 
  Spathularia, 
  

   with 
  a 
  yellowish, 
  spoon-shaped 
  head, 
  is 
  more 
  common, 
  

   as 
  are 
  also 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  of 
  Geoglossum. 
  In 
  this 
  genus 
  

   the 
  receptacle 
  is 
  club-shaped 
  and 
  simple, 
  with 
  the 
  fruc- 
  

   tifying 
  surface 
  surrounding 
  the 
  club, 
  and, 
  as 
  our 
  figure 
  

   of 
  G. 
  oUeacenm 
  (PI. 
  20) 
  will 
  show, 
  might 
  at 
  first 
  be 
  

   taken 
  for 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Clavarla. 
  Both 
  the 
  common 
  

   species 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  are 
  black, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  fear 
  of 
  a 
  

   tyro 
  cooking 
  them 
  instead 
  of 
  a 
  Clavaria, 
  from 
  which 
  

   they 
  are 
  further 
  removed 
  by 
  the 
  unbranched 
  and 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  clubbed 
  termination. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  hairy 
  (G. 
  

   hirmtum) 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  smooth 
  (G. 
  diffbrmc), 
  and 
  

   both 
  are 
  found 
  growing 
  amongst 
  grass. 
  

  

  The 
  surcs.Mon 
  of 
  such 
  forms 
  as 
  are 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  the 
  

   genus 
  Pcziza 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  far 
  more 
  sudden. 
  The 
  cup- 
  

  

  