"There were mushrooms aplenty: the lads 'foxies' gather, In Lithuanian song praised more than is any other, These are maidenhood's emblems, no worm will them blight, And more strange, on them will not an insect alight. After slender 'boletus' the young ladies throng, Which is famed as the colonel of mushrooms in song. All look out for the 'milk-cap', he of the slim waist: Though less featured in ballads, it has the best taste, Fresh or salted, for autumn, or winter use rather, Put away. But the Tribune, of course, 'fly-bane' gathered."
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