190 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. 



here before, except in one instance, in which they were 

 growing among the litter beneath the floor of a barn. The 

 mushroom is distinguished by the colour of the gills being 

 pink in young, and liver-coloured in old specimens, by the 

 curtain beneath the head, by the solidity of the stem, and 

 by the smell and taste. When fried or stewed, they are 

 agreeable, but not very wholesome : they possess a remark- 

 able resemblance to animal flesh, arising from the abund- 

 ance of ammonia in their composition. 



