160 ON THE CHEMISTRY AND TOXICOLOGY OF FUNGI. 



funfyns-poison, there lives not jet the chemist who could find a 

 trace in the body of one done to death thereby, supposing that 

 the material of the fungus itself had not been used ! 



For these reasons and more, the author earnestly urges upon 

 men of science in this country, men -who have the means, the 

 opportunity, and the ability for the undertaking, to disregard 

 Fungi no longer, but to make them the subjects of analysis and 

 experiment. There is a wide field for new discovery hei-e offered. 

 The matter is one of high importance. It is unwise to continue 

 in ignorance of this province of vegetation ; it is foolish to 

 ridicule the mycologist, as many do ; it is not prudent to disregard 

 this chapter in the Book of Nature 1 



