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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. 
