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in bracket form or in more or less formless masses with little or 
no stem. The upper surface is of a 
salmon color while the under or pore 
surface is of the most brilliant sul 
phur yellow. Sometimes the caps so 
closely overlap that the pore surface 
becomes inconspicuous. As an arti¬ 
cle of food it is agreeable only in its 
earlier stages, soon becoming hard 
and woody. It should be prepared 
by cutting into small pieces and sim¬ 
mering until tender in a dressing of 
milk, butter and a little thickening. 
All the species of fungi described 
in these papers have been gathered, 
cooked and eaten by the writer, and 
specimens of all ought to reward the 
search of any persevering student in the course of a single sea¬ 
son. Even at the risk of boring the reader it seems advisable 
to reiterate the warning already given to the prospective fungus 
eater. Never to make any use of any fungus which has about 
the base of its stem a membranous cup or volua or any tenden¬ 
cy toward one, or which has a bulbous stem with any appear¬ 
ance of scales upon it. In a later stage of knowledge this rule 
may be subject to qualification but at present it should be im¬ 
plicitly adhered to. 
A popular notion more or less common that the white pine 
(Pinus strobus) fruits but once in seven years was the cause of 
an enquiry a short time ago if the popular idea were correct. 
The writer was unable at the time to answer the question but 
subsequent observation discovered a tree with small cones from 
last spring’s blossoms, nearly mature cones a year old and a 
few old ones two years old that had not yet dropped. That 
tree had fruited three years in succession. Another one had two 
years’ cones upon it. The above mentioned idea is not correct ) 
although it is probable that the pine, like other trees, does not 
bear a large crop every year. 
