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  A 
  PLAIN 
  AND 
  EASY 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  texture, 
  with 
  wrinkles 
  or 
  folds 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  i 
  in 
  perforated 
  ; 
  

   all 
  of 
  which 
  arc 
  botanically 
  united 
  into 
  a 
  group, 
  or 
  

   natural 
  order, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  pores 
  distinguish 
  them 
  from 
  

   the 
  gill-bearing 
  order, 
  and 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  distinctive 
  

   appellation 
  of 
  Polyporei 
  has 
  been 
  given. 
  It 
  requires 
  

   no 
  great 
  erudition 
  to 
  arrive 
  at 
  the 
  conclusion, 
  that 
  this 
  

   name 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  in 
  allusion 
  to 
  the 
  numerous 
  pores 
  

   with 
  which 
  one 
  or 
  other 
  of 
  the 
  surfaces 
  of 
  these 
  fungi 
  

   are 
  studded, 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  Greek 
  word 
  polus, 
  signi- 
  

   fying 
  many. 
  These 
  pores 
  are 
  the 
  extremities 
  of 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  connected 
  tubes, 
  upon 
  the 
  walls 
  or 
  inner 
  linings 
  

   of 
  which 
  the 
  hymenium, 
  or 
  fructifying 
  surface, 
  support- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  reproductive 
  bodies, 
  or 
  spores, 
  is 
  borne. 
  Like 
  

   the 
  Agaridni, 
  this 
  order 
  is 
  again 
  subdivided 
  into 
  

   smaller 
  groups, 
  or 
  genera, 
  in 
  each 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  indivi- 
  

   duals 
  agreeing 
  most 
  intimately 
  with 
  each 
  other 
  are 
  

   associated. 
  In 
  the 
  first 
  genus, 
  Boletus 
  (bolos, 
  Greek, 
  

   a 
  ball), 
  the 
  tubes 
  arc 
  separable 
  from 
  one 
  another. 
  In 
  

   Polyporus 
  the 
  pores 
  are 
  not 
  easily, 
  if 
  at 
  all, 
  separable. 
  

   In 
  Dcedalea 
  the 
  pilcus 
  is 
  corky 
  and 
  hard, 
  and 
  the 
  pores 
  

   are 
  labyrinthiform, 
  irregular, 
  or 
  torn. 
  The 
  remaining 
  

   genera 
  are 
  briefly 
  characterized 
  in 
  the 
  Tabular 
  arrangement 
  

   of 
  Orders 
  and 
  Genera 
  with 
  which 
  this 
  work 
  concludes. 
  

  

  Upwards 
  of 
  thirty 
  species 
  of 
  Boletus 
  are 
  British, 
  and 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  commonest 
  of 
  these 
  (B. 
  edulis) 
  in 
  the 
  

   opinion 
  of 
  some 
  is 
  scarcely 
  inferior 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  mush- 
  

   room 
  in 
  flavour. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  smooth, 
  brownish 
  pileus, 
  

   with 
  tubes 
  at 
  first 
  yellowish, 
  but 
  becoming 
  greenish 
  or 
  

   green 
  as 
  it 
  advances 
  in 
  age. 
  For 
  esculent 
  purposes 
  

   they 
  should 
  be 
  collected 
  whilst 
  still 
  yellow. 
  The 
  stem 
  

  

  