. Mushrooms and their use . Mushrooms. Glavaria pistillaris. C. flava. branches. The yellow tips of these fade with age, and then it becomes difficult to distinguish this species from old plants of the pre- ceding one. The branches below the tips are whitish, or a paler yellow than the tips; the stem also is white or whitish, and the flesh i& white and of a pleasant flavor. The flavor is great- ly affected by the attacks of insects. A few larvse burrowing in the base of the stem will impart to the untouched branches above a very disagreeable and al- most nauseating taste. It is therefore i
. Mushrooms and their use . Mushrooms. Glavaria pistillaris. C. flava. branches. The yellow tips of these fade with age, and then it becomes difficult to distinguish this species from old plants of the pre- ceding one. The branches below the tips are whitish, or a paler yellow than the tips; the stem also is white or whitish, and the flesh i& white and of a pleasant flavor. The flavor is great- ly affected by the attacks of insects. A few larvse burrowing in the base of the stem will impart to the untouched branches above a very disagreeable and al- most nauseating taste. It is therefore important in selecting plants for the table, not only of this species, but of others also, to exercise care and to discard all that have been invaded by larvae. This Clavaria grows in thin woods and open places in warm, wet weather in summer and early autumn and is more common than either of the preceding species. My experiments in eating it lead me to recommend it highly. Its flesh is tender and well- flavored, and nothing better could be desired by the mycophagist. Eoques says it furnishes a healthful food and is easy of digestion. The Golden clavaria, Clavaria aurea, bears a general resem- blance to it, but its stem is thinner, its branches are more highly colored and often longitudinally wrinkled, and their tips are not different in color from the rest of the branch. Still no great harm could come from mistaking it for the Pale yellow clavaria, for it also is deemed edible. Several other edible species not having been proved by us are omitted. In the family Tremellinese the substance of the fungus is tremelloid or gelatinous, and the plants are mostly stemless irreg- ular masses or expansions. The most important edible species is one called the "Jew's ear," Hirneola auricula-judae, which is extensively used in China, but which is not abundant here, and which is probably of but little value. Note.—The cuts illustrating this work are loaned by the Country Oentleman
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