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best of all the mushrooms, but it is a dish which must 

 be cooked with great care in order that the delicate 

 flavour may not be lost. For great heat not alone de- 

 stroys it, but renders the mushrooms tough. After long 

 experimenting, we find that they should be slowly sim- 

 mered over a moderate fire for three or four hours, then 

 the usual condiments and thickening, and a little sherry 

 added. In Europe, where the Chanterelle is very ex- 

 pensive, it is much prized, and all authors give it extra- 

 vagant praise. We, who live in the localities it favours, 

 are fortunate, indeed, to have this Epicurean dainty 

 growing in such profusion. 



Cantharellus infundibidiformis (Scopoli) is not in- 

 cluded in all American works. It is frequently found 

 about St. Andrews. Always a large species, it is occa- 

 sionally observed to be considerably over a foot in height, 

 when it is very striking and magnificent. It is funnel- 

 shaped, with rusty yellow, rugose scaly pileus, ashy 

 yellow gills, which become pruinose, thick, distant and 

 dichotomous. Stem yellow, smooth, hollow. 



The most interesting and rare species of this group 

 is Cantharellus brevipes Pk. We had become very fam- 

 iliar with Cantharellus cibarius, C. infundibuliformis, 

 and C. aurantiacus, and with descriptions of others as 

 given in our books, and flattered ourselves that we were 

 rather well acquainted with the genus. So that one day 

 when my father came in with a handful of mushrooms, 

 and before showing them to me, asked if there was such 

 a thing as a lilac-coloured Chantarelle, for he thought 

 he had found one. In the haste of ignorance, I promptly 

 said there was not, and great was my surprise and ex- 

 citement at seeing several fine specimens bearing every 

 superficial characteristic of C. cibarius except that of 

 colour. It had some of the same soft yellow, but was for 

 the most part tinged with a distinct lilac or purplish 

 hue. I at first thought that some specimens of Cibarius 

 had become host plants to a secondary fungus, but closer 

 examination showed that this was not so. None of our 



