298 NOTES ON BRISTOL FUNGI. 



wHch retain their characters in that state. With exception of 

 the fleshy Agarics, nearly all the orders may thus he rendered 

 available, and even in their case a negative evidence is often to 

 be obtained, if not that of a positive kind. An abundant source 

 of amusement and inducement for rural excursions presents itself 

 for ladies or gentlemen, free from the toils of business, in this 

 department of botany, and to such as are skilful in the use of the 

 brush, the Agarics present endless objects of delineation. 



