Insects and Mushrooms 



consider myself amply repaid for my persistent 

 observations If I succeeded In popularizing, 

 howev-er little, the wise Provengal recipe for 

 mushrooms, an excellent food that makes a 

 pleasant change from the dish of beans or po- 

 tatoes, when we can overcome the difficulty of 

 distinguishing between the harmless and the 

 dangerous. 



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