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  A 
  TLAIN 
  AND 
  EASY 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  //. 
  repandmn, 
  and 
  in 
  Austria 
  especially 
  it 
  is 
  included 
  

   amongst 
  the 
  esculent 
  species. 
  

  

  H. 
  coralloides 
  in 
  its 
  early 
  stages 
  greatly 
  resembles 
  a 
  

   cauliflower 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  whitish 
  and 
  very 
  much 
  branched, 
  

   differing 
  in 
  appearance 
  from 
  any 
  fungus 
  which 
  hitherto 
  

   we 
  have 
  encountered. 
  It 
  occurs 
  on 
  decayed 
  trees 
  and 
  

   stumps, 
  especially 
  of 
  fir, 
  beech, 
  and 
  ash. 
  This 
  is 
  said 
  

   to 
  be 
  fully 
  equal 
  to 
  H. 
  repandum, 
  but 
  unfortunately 
  

   it, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  succeeding 
  species, 
  is 
  rare 
  in 
  our 
  

   country. 
  

  

  II. 
  caput-Medusw 
  has 
  very 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  habit 
  and 
  

   appearance, 
  being 
  branched 
  in 
  a 
  similar 
  manner, 
  but 
  

   has 
  ultimately 
  a 
  greyish 
  tint. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  

   trunks 
  of 
  trees. 
  Though 
  rarely 
  occurring 
  in 
  Fiance, 
  

   it 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  Italy 
  and 
  in 
  parts 
  of 
  Austria, 
  where 
  it 
  

   is 
  reckoned 
  among 
  the 
  edible 
  species. 
  The 
  flavour 
  of 
  

   both 
  these 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  resemble 
  greatly 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  mushroom. 
  

  

  No 
  other 
  species 
  is 
  recorded 
  in 
  this 
  or 
  the 
  remaining 
  

   seven 
  genera 
  of 
  the 
  order, 
  as 
  of 
  any 
  service 
  to 
  man. 
  

   The 
  student 
  will 
  find 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  volume 
  the 
  

   names 
  and 
  characters 
  of 
  these 
  genera. 
  

  

  LEATHERY 
  FUNGI. 
  

  

  The 
  fourth 
  order, 
  Auricularini, 
  has 
  distinct 
  pecu- 
  

   liarities 
  ; 
  but 
  as 
  no 
  member 
  is 
  of 
  sufficient 
  importance, 
  on 
  

   account 
  of 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  economic 
  properties, 
  to 
  claim 
  

   our 
  notice, 
  we 
  will 
  not 
  attempt 
  the 
  somewhat 
  difficult 
  

  

  