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  A 
  PLAIN 
  AND 
  EASY 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  livid 
  and 
  suspicious 
  shade 
  to 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  not 
  

   peculiarly 
  attractive 
  to 
  the 
  disinterested 
  observer. 
  

  

  Odours 
  are 
  manifestly 
  agreeable, 
  or 
  disagreeable, 
  to 
  

   a 
  considerable 
  extent, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  taste 
  of 
  the 
  

   inhaler; 
  but 
  it 
  must 
  he 
  confessed 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   fungi 
  exhale 
  an 
  odour 
  so 
  intolerably 
  foetid, 
  that 
  no 
  set 
  

   of 
  olfactory 
  nerves 
  could 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  endure 
  it 
  longer 
  

   than 
  was 
  absolutely 
  necessary. 
  A 
  lady 
  having 
  found 
  

   a 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  truly 
  elegant, 
  but 
  rare, 
  Clathrus, 
  set 
  

   about 
  making 
  a 
  sketch 
  of 
  it 
  ; 
  but, 
  notwithstanding 
  her 
  

   urgent 
  desire 
  to 
  accomplish 
  the 
  task, 
  she 
  was 
  compelled 
  

   to 
  have 
  the 
  fungus 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  house 
  before 
  her 
  

   sketch 
  was 
  finished. 
  

  

  A 
  gentleman 
  of 
  our 
  acquaintance, 
  during 
  a 
  stroll 
  

   through 
  Daren 
  th 
  Wood, 
  met 
  with 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  

   common 
  stinkhorn 
  {Phallus 
  impndicus) 
  , 
  which, 
  having 
  

   deposited 
  in 
  his 
  sandwich-box 
  and 
  consigned 
  to 
  his 
  

   pocket, 
  he 
  designed 
  to 
  take 
  home 
  and 
  examine. 
  For 
  

   some 
  time 
  he 
  had 
  become 
  conscious 
  of 
  an 
  unpleasant 
  

   odour 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  until 
  he 
  had 
  entered 
  the 
  railway 
  

   carriage, 
  to 
  return 
  to 
  town, 
  that 
  he 
  discovered 
  the 
  

   true 
  source. 
  Everybody 
  in 
  the 
  compartment 
  com- 
  

   plained, 
  and 
  wondered 
  what 
  could 
  be 
  the 
  cause, 
  and 
  

   quitted 
  it 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  an 
  opportunity 
  offered. 
  Nothing 
  

   but 
  a 
  resolute 
  determination 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  drawing 
  and 
  

   section 
  of 
  the 
  fungus 
  could 
  have 
  prevented 
  our 
  friend 
  

   throwing 
  away 
  stinkhorn 
  and 
  sandwich-box 
  long 
  ere 
  

   his 
  arrival 
  in 
  town 
  ; 
  but, 
  in 
  this 
  instance, 
  botanical 
  

   enthusiasm 
  overcame 
  all 
  physical 
  difficulties. 
  

  

  The 
  foetid 
  or 
  unpleasant 
  odour 
  is 
  not, 
  however, 
  uni- 
  

  

  