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  BRITISH 
  FUNGI. 
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  part 
  with 
  some 
  of 
  their 
  moisture, 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  long 
  that 
  

   they 
  shrivel, 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  placed 
  between 
  dry 
  blotting- 
  

   paper, 
  and 
  subjected 
  to 
  pressure 
  as 
  other 
  plants, 
  the 
  

   papers 
  being 
  changed 
  daily 
  till 
  the 
  specimens 
  are 
  per- 
  

   fectly 
  dry. 
  When 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  case, 
  the 
  central 
  portion 
  

   or 
  slice 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  halves 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  

   fastened 
  upon 
  white 
  paper, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  respective 
  

   halves 
  of 
  the 
  pileus 
  upon 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  in 
  their 
  

   original 
  position. 
  Here 
  will 
  thus 
  be 
  three 
  sections, 
  from 
  

   which 
  a 
  correct 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  ^hole 
  plant 
  may 
  be 
  obtained. 
  

   The 
  volva 
  and 
  ring 
  of 
  such 
  species 
  as 
  possess 
  them 
  must 
  

   be 
  retained. 
  With 
  care, 
  even 
  the 
  most 
  fugacious 
  species 
  

   may 
  be 
  well 
  preserved, 
  according 
  to 
  this 
  method. 
  Some 
  

   of 
  the 
  smaller 
  and 
  less 
  fleshy 
  kinds 
  will 
  not 
  require 
  to 
  

   have 
  the 
  gills 
  removed. 
  In 
  collecting 
  fleshy 
  fungi, 
  care 
  

   must 
  be 
  taken 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  too 
  old, 
  and 
  absolutely 
  

   in 
  a 
  state 
  of 
  decomposition, 
  or 
  too 
  much 
  infested 
  with 
  

   the 
  larvae 
  of 
  insects. 
  When 
  this 
  latter 
  is 
  the 
  case, 
  

   some 
  oil 
  of 
  turpentine 
  poured 
  over 
  them 
  will 
  either 
  

   drive 
  them 
  rapidly 
  from 
  their 
  holes, 
  or 
  destroy 
  them. 
  

   Species 
  with 
  a 
  clammy 
  viscid 
  pileus 
  it 
  is 
  better 
  to 
  

   expose 
  to 
  a 
  dry 
  air 
  or 
  the 
  heat 
  of 
  a 
  fire, 
  before 
  being 
  

   placed 
  in 
  papers. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  separate 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  genera 
  Phallus 
  and 
  

   Clathrus 
  I 
  fill 
  with 
  cotton, 
  keep 
  them 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  

   exposed 
  to 
  a 
  dry 
  atmosphere, 
  and 
  then, 
  after 
  removing 
  

   the 
  cotton, 
  subject 
  them 
  to 
  pressure. 
  The 
  same 
  may 
  

   be 
  done 
  with 
  the 
  large 
  tremelloid 
  Pezizce." 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  specimens 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  possible 
  

   from 
  insects, 
  it 
  is 
  recommended 
  that 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  

  

  