wovtliless j but no, much as we delight iu tiacing design and finding motives for even the colour of an Agaric, 

 iu this case there seems no good or evil depending upon it. " It does not hurt dogs ", that is all Mons. 

 Paulet discovered, and we know. The A. aimatockelis is one of those Funguses which like A. violaceus sup- 

 ports itseK among dead leaves, attaching to them a cottony web, or inycehiuu, by which means it is sustained 

 erect. It has the smell of an Oreades in a faint degree, and being agreeable to the taste, is most likely good 

 for food, but so rare that when found it will l)e probably preserved as a treasure for the Hortus Siccus, 

 instead of bein^ sacrificed to the Table. 



