[190] Without appendages.
[191] Vittadini recommends, wherever this fungus grows conveniently for the purpose, that it should not be all taken at once, but by slices cut off from the living plant, care being taken not to break up its attachments with the earth; in this way, he says, you may have a fine “frittura” every day for a week.
[192] I have been informed that this Puff-ball is sometimes served on state occasions at the Freemasons’ Tavern.
[193] “Ce Champignon croît au milieu et vers le sommet de l’arbre, de sorte qu’il n’est pas facile à voir ou à récolter.”—Persoon.
[194] Berkeley.
[195] In 1843, the friends of a patient, for whom I had occasion to prescribe some musk, had recourse to many chemists in succession before the licensed dealer in it could be found, and he was obliged by law to keep it in his back premises.
[196] Night fires. This is to clear the ground under the Chestnut-trees for the falling fruits, which might otherwise be lost amidst the heath. But the practice is unsafe; as many a tree has been charred by the flames, and some have actually taken fire and given rise to a general conflagration.
[197] The whole of the species mentioned in the annexed list were met with by the author this summer and autumn (1847), and partaken of by himself and friends, viz. Amanita vaginata; Ag. rubescens, procerus, prunulus, ruber, heterophyllus, virescens; deliciosus, nebularis, personatus, virgineus, fusipes, oreades, ostreatus, Orcella, campestris (and its varieties edulis and pratensis), exquisitus, comatus, and ulmarius; Cantharellus cibarius; Polyporus frondosus; Boletus edulis and scaber; Fistulina hepatica; Hydnum repandum; Helvella lacunosa; Peziza acetabulum and Bovista plumbea; Lycoperdon gemmatum and Clavaria strigosa.
THE END.
John Edward Taylor, Printer,
Little Queen Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields.