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oxccptii f that of the spadix of \ruin, was in Bolotu - 



I ungine, winch was considen d ac a simple bod} . i 

 OonsiBt <>l ■ ad a fatty matto r. Payen comniunicati d t" Dr. Mi 



df his analysis, the following li^t of substances which ent 

 of Fungi: I. Water. 2. Cellulose, constituting all the Bolid 



suo. :i. Three nitrogenized substances ; one insoluble in watei luble, 



lablo l>_\ heat ; :i third soluble in air,, In. I. i. Fatt) matt i 

 Fatty buI stances, one fluid at an ordinarj temperature, the othi i 



me temperature. ,; . Sugar. 7. Matter capable ol being turned brown l 

 action of free air. 8. An aromatic substance. 9. Ti ulphur. In. 



salts of silex and potash. (Ann, of Nat. H\ t. vol. ix. p. 294.) Som< 

 BU cantharellus, Clavaria coralloides, and Agaricus piperatus, contain ■ 



r, which, according to Liebig, is J/ , Feb. 1844.) M 



is of opinion thai the poisonous qualitii b of EtgoA are owing to an oily acrid prii 

 I I alike other plants, Fungi, instead of purifying the air !■• 

 ■tog it of its carbonic add and restoring the oxygen, \ itiate it by exhaling carboni 

 ami absorbing oxygen. This lias been proved experimentally by Dr. Mai 

 Geneva, and \s:ll probably explain tin- cause of Fungi being bo universally destitute 

 af green colouring matter, which we know results from the decomposition of carbonic 

 will. Certain Fungi in an imperfect • said by Caignard-Latour, Schwann, 



Others, to be connected with the process of fermi atation. The curious circumstance tiiat 

 in cert houses all the bread becomes ropy, and though sometimes prevented from 



Mourning this condition bj repeated washing of the walls and Boor with chlori 

 ■ne, the evil is occasionally bo obstinate as to prove the ruin of the establishment, is 

 probably dependent on the same cause. Dutrochet believes that he has witnessed the 

 ■rowth of a PenicilUiun from the globules of milk. (( I . Vlnstit. Feb. 



. ; Meyen Jahresb. 1838; Dutrochet Aim. da V. S. 2 i. voL viiL) 



' " I Alliance : formally broken up into Natural, Orj 



trded as their names and peculiar characters : — 



nerally quati r» I I - 



r, Hymentum lm ' i " 



bi ,i Perldium \ 



v* tingle, oj 



the) peduncle* ) 



'. ThaUui ■! ; ' 



.'. ;n rail;/ . . . . ' 



«» surrounded by a veticu ■angium, Tlmli -J 



lis MEirom 



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GENERA. 



COHORS I.— 



ler I. Anarieini, 

 l'r. 



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uiUi, Fr. 

 Fr. 

 * trmlllaria, / 

 •Trlcholoma, Fr. 



ybe, / 

 Hhuphalia, / . 



bill, / l . 



*Mycena, Fr 



l'r. 

 •Voli irin, Fr. 

 •Plnteus, Fr. 



louia, Fr. 



I>ilus, Fr. 

 Uia, Fr. 

 *l eptonia, Fr. 



uea, Fr. 

 •Pholiot i / 

 •Heb 



inula, / . 

 * \ ii oria, / 

 lera, Fr. 

 • 



liota. Fr. 

 *Hypholorua, Fr. 



Ordo 1 — Hv 

 ybe, ' - 



v: .i. / 

 •fan I 



■ | . r. -i. ; 



Coprlnus, P. 

 Bolbitlus, Fr. 

 Cortlnarius, 

 tphlegmaciuin / 



• Mwi. •hum. 1 



una, Fr. 



•Dermi 



•Telamonia, i 

 •]\\ rocj a, / 

 PaxlUui 

 Gomphidui 

 Btylol 



Lactanus, /'. 

 i. I'- 

 Cantharellus, 

 ophora, / 



Pterophyllus, / 



alius. Fr. 



iLentinus, Fr. 



jl'anus, Fr. 



\ 



l • a, Fr. 

 ophyllum, 



llwn. ; 



s Berk. 

 Jungbuhnia, < ■ •da. 



is, DM. 



it. 

 II. . i 



i 



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'■. H. 

 Farolui 



llyh»-i. 



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