MUSHROOM GROWING 



peared on the shore of the Mitylenaeans, 

 until after a heavy shower some seed was 

 brought in from Tiarae; and that is the 

 place where they are in the greatest num- 

 bers." In another place it is mentioned 

 that they are found near Lampsacus and in 

 Acarnania and Alopeconnesus and the Dis- 

 trict of the Eleans. Further, in the same 

 book we are told that Hegesander, the Del- 

 phian, says that in the Hellespont there are 

 neither truffles, thyme, nor xXaijxlaxo<; (sup- 

 posedly a species of fish), and that 

 therefore Mausiclides said that the coun- 

 try had neither spring season nor friends. 

 Pamphilus says, in his book entitled "Lan- 

 guages" that [)6v6(pukXo)j (truffle-leaf) is a 

 grass which grows on top of the truffles, 

 from which the truffle is discovered. These 

 references, with our present knowledge of 

 the distribution and manner of growth of 

 the Terfas, clearly indicate that these fungi 

 and not species of the truffle are concerned. 

 At present the terfas are believed to be 

 most common in certain sections of Asiatic 



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