510 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Fig. 159. — Choiromyces meandriformis. (Journal of Horticulture.) 



Choiromyces meandriformis (fig. 159) has not been included amongst 

 edible Fungi as Dr. Cooke has never known it eaten in this country. 

 It is a British subterranean species growing as big as a man's fist, but 

 is not a true Truffle but a pseudo-truffle. It is supposed to be identical 

 with the Tuber album of Sowerby's Fungi. Bulliard has figured a 

 Tuber album, but it is not certain whether it is the same species, because 

 of the absence of details of the fructification. 



The Tuber album of the Continent is supposed to be that of Bulliard, 

 which is included in Roque's Champignons, but he does not say a word as 

 to whether it is edible or not. 



Choiromyces is said to have such an abominable odour that most 

 people would be deterred by that alone from eating it. 



