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  A 
  PLAIN 
  AND 
  EASY 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  however, 
  been 
  distinctly 
  affirmed 
  that 
  none 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  

   dangerous. 
  Small 
  specimens 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  edible 
  

   kinds 
  are 
  represented 
  in 
  our 
  plates, 
  and 
  also 
  a 
  species 
  

   of 
  Geoglossum 
  (PI. 
  20) 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  added 
  

   for 
  comparison, 
  belonging 
  as 
  it 
  does 
  to 
  a 
  different 
  

   order, 
  to 
  which 
  a 
  brief 
  reference 
  will 
  be 
  made, 
  and 
  

   which 
  does 
  not 
  furnish 
  any 
  kinds 
  that 
  are 
  esculent. 
  

  

  Clararia 
  riif/osa 
  is 
  not 
  an 
  uncommon 
  inhabitant 
  

   of 
  woods, 
  but 
  is 
  generally 
  so 
  small, 
  and 
  sparingly 
  

   distributed, 
  as 
  not 
  to 
  repay 
  collecting 
  for 
  esculent 
  

   purposes. 
  This 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  either 
  simply 
  

   club-shaped, 
  delicately 
  white, 
  and 
  with 
  longitudinal 
  

   furrows, 
  or 
  with 
  the 
  tip 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  lobed, 
  or 
  with 
  

   decided 
  branches 
  proceeding 
  from 
  the 
  axis. 
  Occa- 
  

   sionally 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  of 
  a 
  dirty 
  white, 
  or 
  with 
  a 
  bluish- 
  

   grey 
  tinge. 
  If 
  laid 
  upon 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  slate 
  or 
  black 
  

   paper, 
  the 
  white 
  spores 
  will 
  be 
  thrown 
  down. 
  All 
  the 
  

   white- 
  spored 
  Clavarias 
  are 
  wholesome, 
  but 
  some 
  are 
  so 
  

   tough 
  and 
  leathery, 
  and 
  others 
  so 
  small, 
  that 
  the 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  at 
  all 
  available 
  for 
  alimentary 
  purposes 
  is 
  limited. 
  

   They 
  should, 
  after 
  being 
  collected, 
  be 
  washed 
  in 
  lake- 
  

   warm 
  water 
  and 
  perfectly 
  dried, 
  then 
  tied 
  together 
  in 
  

   little 
  bundles 
  like 
  asparagus, 
  and 
  cooked 
  with 
  butter, 
  

   parsley, 
  onion, 
  pepper, 
  and 
  salt 
  ; 
  when 
  cooked, 
  they 
  may 
  

   bo 
  improved 
  by 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  a 
  little 
  cream 
  and 
  the 
  

   yolk 
  of 
  an 
  «gg. 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  recommended 
  that 
  

  

  a 
  feu 
  s] 
  of 
  ids 
  of 
  stock 
  be 
  milled 
  during 
  the 
  cooking. 
  

  

  Rogues 
  states 
  that 
  at 
  Vienna 
  they 
  arc 
  fricasseed 
  with 
  

   butter 
  and 
  sweet 
  basil. 
  (PL 
  6 
  fig. 
  -.) 
  

  

  A 
  fleshy, 
  much-branched 
  species, 
  with 
  red 
  tips 
  (C. 
  

  

  