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curely fixed. Indeed, the moisture often exuded 



by the confined fungus beneath the glass proves 



sufficient to dampen the mucilage and set the 



spores. 



A number of prints may be obtained from a 

 single specimen. 



To those of my readers interested in the sci- 

 ence of this spore-shower I give sectional illus- 

 trations of examples of the two more common 

 groups of mushrooms — the Agaric, or gilled 

 mushroom, and the Polyporus, or tube -bearing 

 mushroom. The entire surface of both gills and 

 pores is lined with the spore-bearing membrane, 

 or hymenium, the spores falling directly beneath 

 their point of departure as indicated; in the case 

 of the Agaric, in radiating lines in correspond- 

 ence with the spaces between the gills, and in 

 Polyporus in a tiny pile directly beneath the open- 

 ing of each pore. 



