28 FOKIMS OF SPAWN. 



nauseous fungus. If, then, we are to learn a 

 lesson from the former examples of ascent hi 

 the scale of existence, why not from this of un- 

 questionable descent ? Can we see no analogy 

 here, comparing things small with great, and 

 things natural with things revealed, of the 

 going down of the ungodly into a condition of 

 degradation, and of their coming forth into a 

 state of life far below that in which they now 

 are ? If the inference holds good in one case, 

 it does so in the other, and forcibly implies the 

 possibility of those who are to the last under 

 an uncured and unpardoned taint of sin, rising 

 to shame and contempt. 



. Some kinds of fungi may be almost called 

 terrestrial. Even in this country there is one 

 {cyphelld) which grows on little gravel-stones ; 

 and certain exotic fungi are found on tupha- 

 like earth. 



"We have spoken of the mycelium, or spawn, of 

 fungi, and the question may be naturally asked, 

 what is it ? It is merely the development of 

 the spores of fungi, or the further increase of 

 mycelium already produced. It varies much in 

 appearance in the different tribes, being muce- 

 dino7is, or nelatinons, or vesicular, as the case 

 may be. 



