420 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Sv Kone [7th cent.]:—The five kinds of mu rh grow 
on five different trees, viz. the 3% sang (mulberry tree), 
the Wi huat (Sophora japonica), the #¥ ch‘u (Broussonetia 
papyrifera), the fy yi (elm tree), and the #J Lu (willow 
tree).—The mulberry mushroom is stated to be poisonous. 
Comp. P. Smrru, 99, Fungus and, 152, Mushrooms. 
The mu rh sold at Peking in the markets are Evidia 
(irneola) auricula Jude or Jew’s ear. 
Further particulars in another part. 
268.—%8 TH /uan kin. Mushroom. P., XXVIII, 34. 
Fs dall, 
Pen king :—Huan kin and #§ jG huan lu. Taste saltish. 
Nature uniform, Slightly poisonous. 
Pie lu:—The huan kin mushroom grows in Tung hai 
[in Shan tung, App. 372], in ponds and marshes, also in 
Chang wu (hien) belonging to Pu hai (kiin) [in Chi li, 
App. 4, 262]. It is gathered in the 8th month and dried 
in the shade. 
T‘ao Hune-xing :—It is a mushroom (kin) which is 
brought from the north. It has no shape. It is believed that 
the excrement of herons is metamorphosed into this mushroom, 
wherefore it is also called #2 Pe kuan kiin (heron mushroom). 
Eaten in a soup of pork it has the property of expelling — 
intestinal worms, 
Su Kune [7th cent.|:—The huan kiin is produced om 
Pu hai (v. supra] in swamps among reeds and on brackish 
ground. T‘ao Hune-kina’s statement that it originates from 
heron’s excrement is incorrect, for this mushroom grows of itself. 
It is white, light, empty, of the same texture outside and 
inside, and quite different from other mushrooms. It is a2 
excellent vermifuge, 
