rather tough if used alone. Another writes that the stems are 
very tough, but not the caps. 
The following method of cooking this mushroom is given: Put 
the clean caps into sufficient boiling water to make a nice gravy 
when done, and cook them half an hour. Then rub together a 
small quantity of flour. and water, with salt and pepper, and add 
to the mushrooms, stirring for a moment. Pour on hot toast and 
serve in a hot dish. 
Another method is to put the caps in water with butter and 
seasoning, and let them simmer slowly ten or fifteen minutes. 
Then thicken with flour and serve. 
The genus Cantharellus, the last of the white-spored agarics 
to be discussed, is at once distinguished from all the others by the 
character of the gills. These are narrow and blunt, or rounded 
on the edge, and in most of the species they are more or less 
forked or branched. In some species they are connected with 
each other in a reticulate manner by numerous transverse 
branches. 
One species, the Chantarelle, Cantharellus cibarius, has long 
been known and celebrated for its edible qualities. It is easily 
recognized by its uniform yellow color, all parts of the plant ex- 
cept the inner flesh being of 
one color. The cap is 
smooth, but often very ir- 
regular or unsymmetrical, its 
margin being wavy or lobed, 
and its centre being promi- 
nent, plane or depressed: Its 
flesh is often very thick and 
pest hans gradually narrowed down- 
Cantharellus cibarius. Boletus luteus. wards, so that the cap has 
somewhat the appearance of 
an inverted cone. It is white within. The narrow, blunt-edged 
gills run down on the stem, and are more or less branched and 
connected with each other. The stem also is often irregular, 
short or long, crooked or straight, cylindrical or tapering down- 
ward. It is smooth and solid. 
The cap is one to three inches broad; stem one to two inches 
long, and one-fourth to one-half an inch thick. 
The Chantarelle grows in woods or in open places, and may be 
found from June to September. It is rather common. It usually 
grows in groups, but sometimes in ares of circles, as if attempt- 
ing to form a fairy ring. A favorite habitat is the deep shade of 
dense evergreen thickets. 
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