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  A 
  PLAIN 
  AND 
  EASY 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  beinf 
  plunged 
  in 
  boiling 
  water, 
  dried, 
  and 
  macerated 
  

  

  in 
  vinegar. 
  

  

  Probably 
  others 
  of 
  our 
  indigenous 
  kinds 
  are 
  edible, 
  

   especially 
  one 
  resembling 
  C. 
  fastiyiata, 
  which 
  is 
  found 
  

   on 
  lawns, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  tint 
  of 
  palish 
  umber, 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  

   inclining 
  to 
  yellow 
  ; 
  and 
  C. 
  cristata, 
  which, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   C. 
  rugosa, 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  woods. 
  Should 
  either 
  of 
  these 
  

   be 
  found 
  in 
  sufficient 
  quantity, 
  they 
  certainly 
  merit 
  the 
  

   trouble 
  of 
  an 
  experiment. 
  

  

  The 
  largest 
  and 
  most 
  beautiful 
  fungus 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  

   (Sparassis 
  crispa) 
  has 
  recently 
  been 
  found 
  several 
  

   times 
  in 
  this 
  country; 
  it 
  somewhat 
  resembles 
  a 
  

   yellow 
  cauliflower 
  or 
  a 
  Millepore 
  iu 
  appearance, 
  and 
  

   is 
  excellent 
  eating. 
  

  

  The 
  three 
  remaining 
  genera 
  of 
  this 
  order 
  contain 
  no 
  

   species 
  calling 
  for 
  notice. 
  

  

  GELATINOUS 
  FUNGI. 
  

  

  The 
  last 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  family 
  of 
  Fungi 
  is 
  Tre- 
  

   mellini, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  whole 
  plant 
  is 
  gelatinous, 
  and 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  folded. 
  The 
  fructifying 
  surface 
  is 
  always 
  

   uppermost, 
  spread 
  over, 
  and 
  following 
  all 
  its 
  foldings 
  

   and 
  inequalities. 
  With 
  but 
  one 
  exception, 
  this 
  order 
  

   is 
  unhonoured 
  in 
  history 
  or 
  romance, 
  and 
  unknown 
  as 
  

   fojd 
  or 
  physic. 
  The 
  exception 
  is 
  in 
  favour 
  of 
  the 
  

   Jew's-ear 
  {Hirneola 
  auricula 
  J 
  win), 
  which 
  had 
  at 
  

   one 
  time 
  a 
  reputation 
  for 
  the 
  cure 
  of 
  sore 
  throats, 
  

   and 
  also 
  as 
  a 
  topical 
  astringent, 
  and 
  eyen 
  now 
  it 
  has 
  

   soiii" 
  lvputr 
  aim 
  ad. 
  It 
  is 
  largely 
  collected 
  in 
  South 
  

  

  