COMMON MUSHROOM. 567 



CHAPTER XI. 

 MUSHROOMS, OR ESCULENT FUNGI. 



Agaricus. Boletus. Clavaria. Morchclla, or Morel. Tuber, or Truffle. 



IFFICULT as is the artificial management of 

 Mushrooms, there can be no doubt that all 

 of the edible kinds would finally submit to, 

 and probably be improved by, cultivation, 

 though as yet but a single species has been 

 generally introduced to the garden. Many of them are na- 

 tives of this country, abounding in our woods and pastures, 

 and may be gathered wild, and freely enjoyed by those who 

 have not the means of raising them artificially. In Poland 

 and Russia, there are about thirty sorts of edible Fungi in 

 common use among the peasantry. They are gathered in 

 all the different stages of their growth, and used in various 

 ways, raw, boiled, stewed, roasted, and being hung up, 

 and dried in stoves or chimneys, form a part of their win- 

 ter's stock of provisions. 



COMMON MUSHROOM. Mclnt. Rog. 



Champignon. Agaricus campestris. 



This Mushroom, when it first appears, is of a rounded or 

 button-like form, of a white color, and apparently rests on 



