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  BRITISH 
  FUNGI. 
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  but 
  their 
  inconstant 
  or 
  limited 
  occurrence 
  would 
  only 
  

   serve 
  to 
  raise 
  expectations 
  not 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  realized. 
  

  

  Five 
  other 
  genera 
  complete 
  the 
  order 
  Agaririni, 
  all 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  tough 
  and 
  dry, 
  becoming 
  at 
  length 
  hard 
  and 
  

   cork)'. 
  In 
  Lentinvs 
  the 
  sharp 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  tough 
  gills 
  

   are 
  toothed, 
  and 
  in 
  Panus 
  they 
  are 
  equally 
  sharp 
  and 
  

   touMi, 
  but 
  not 
  toothed. 
  In 
  Xerotus 
  the 
  tous»;h 
  gills 
  are 
  

  

  Ci 
  t 
  O 
  CD 
  

  

  forked, 
  but 
  with 
  blunt 
  or 
  obtuse 
  edges 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  

   divisions 
  into 
  which 
  the 
  gills 
  separate 
  are 
  spreading 
  or 
  

   rolled 
  back 
  in 
  Schizophyllum. 
  In 
  Lenzites 
  the 
  whole 
  

   substance 
  is 
  corky, 
  and 
  the 
  gills 
  are 
  often 
  so 
  connected 
  

   by 
  lateral 
  branches 
  as 
  to 
  form 
  irregular 
  cavities 
  resem- 
  

   bling 
  pores. 
  

  

  POKE-BEARING 
  FUNGI. 
  

  

  The 
  observing 
  eye 
  of 
  the 
  lover 
  of 
  nature 
  in 
  all 
  its 
  

   Protean 
  forms 
  will 
  have 
  discovered 
  fungi, 
  which 
  in 
  

   external 
  contour 
  resembled 
  those 
  we 
  have 
  already 
  

   described, 
  being 
  furnished 
  with 
  a 
  cap 
  or 
  pilous 
  sup- 
  

   ported 
  upon 
  a 
  stem 
  ; 
  but 
  when 
  more 
  closely 
  examined 
  

   have 
  been 
  found 
  to 
  present 
  the 
  important 
  distinction 
  of 
  

   having 
  the 
  under 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  pileus 
  not 
  divided 
  into 
  

   plates 
  or 
  gills, 
  but 
  apparently 
  perforated 
  with 
  small 
  

   hole.>, 
  as 
  if 
  pricked 
  with 
  a 
  pin 
  by 
  some 
  fairy 
  in 
  childish 
  

   sport. 
  Others, 
  again, 
  entirely 
  devoid 
  of 
  a 
  stem, 
  and 
  in 
  

   some 
  instances 
  of 
  extraordinary 
  size 
  and 
  as 
  tough 
  as 
  

   leather, 
  or 
  hard 
  and 
  unyielding 
  as 
  cork 
  or 
  wood, 
  with 
  the 
  

   under, 
  or 
  sometimes 
  upper 
  surface, 
  similarly 
  perforated. 
  

   And, 
  again, 
  yet 
  others 
  of 
  a 
  waxy, 
  or 
  almost 
  gelaiinoua 
  

  

  