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  A 
  PLAIN 
  AND 
  EASY 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  formed 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  a 
  ring 
  ; 
  also, 
  if 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  

   or 
  upon 
  decaying 
  wood, 
  and 
  whether 
  rooting 
  or 
  not. 
  

   It 
  should 
  carefully 
  be 
  noted 
  if 
  the 
  stem 
  is 
  stout 
  or 
  

   slender, 
  bulbous 
  or 
  fusiform, 
  scaly, 
  downy, 
  or 
  smooth 
  ; 
  

  

  whether 
  central 
  in 
  its 
  inser- 
  

   tion, 
  eccentric, 
  lateral, 
  or 
  

   almost 
  obsolete 
  ; 
  what 
  is 
  the 
  

   colour 
  of 
  the 
  pileus, 
  gills, 
  and 
  

   stem, 
  the 
  form 
  ol 
  the 
  pileus 
  

   a 
  in 
  the 
  young 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  

  

  mature 
  plant 
  ; 
  and 
  what 
  is 
  the 
  

   nature 
  of 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  pileus, 
  whether 
  downy 
  

   or 
  smooth, 
  dull 
  or 
  shining, 
  viscid 
  or 
  dry. 
  Then, 
  by 
  

   cutting 
  the 
  pileus 
  and 
  stem 
  down 
  the 
  centre, 
  the 
  

  

  texture 
  of 
  both, 
  their 
  colour, 
  and 
  

  

  also 
  whether 
  the 
  stem 
  is 
  fibrous, 
  

  

  stuffed 
  (i.e., 
  filled 
  with 
  a 
  spongy 
  

  

  or 
  cottony 
  mass) 
  or 
  fistulose 
  

  

  b 
  (i.e., 
  hollow) 
  (a 
  b). 
  The 
  form 
  and 
  

  

  position 
  of 
  the 
  gills 
  must 
  also 
  be 
  noted. 
  If 
  their 
  interior 
  

  

  extremities 
  are 
  distant 
  from 
  the 
  stem, 
  they 
  are 
  remote 
  

  

  (c) 
  ; 
  reaching 
  the 
  stem, 
  but 
  not 
  attached 
  thereto, 
  free 
  

  

  (d) 
  ; 
  but 
  if 
  attached, 
  they 
  are 
  

   then 
  termed 
  adnate(e). 
  If 
  the 
  

   gills 
  run 
  down 
  the 
  stem, 
  they 
  

   are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  decurrent 
  (/)• 
  

   * 
  Their 
  opposite 
  or 
  outer 
  ex- 
  

  

  tremity 
  may 
  be 
  forked, 
  or 
  their 
  interior 
  toothed 
  or 
  

   emarginate 
  (<i) 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  gills 
  

   may 
  be 
  narrow 
  or 
  broad, 
  and 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  closely 
  

  

  