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CASE 

 139. 



is prepared by cutting the fungus into thin slices, beating them 

 and soaking them in a .solution of nitre. Black Amadou is 

 iniprcgiinted with gunpowder. 



Besides its use as tinder, slices of F, foment arius have been 

 used for various other purposes, such as for making caps, table 

 mats, artificial flowers, Ac, samples of which are shown. , ,.'(| 



Observe various specimens o^ Poly poms lucidus^ Fr,, found 

 all over T;he world, and held in great veneration by the 

 Chinese. 



No. 247. Polyporus sitlftireusy Fr., a large yellow fungus of 

 a cheesy consistency, is very injurious to forest trees and 

 worked timber. A specimen is shown of the timber of il.M. 

 Ship " Lord Clyde " attacked by it. 



No. 248. Native Bread of Tasmania, the sclerotium of CASE 

 Polyporus my litta;, Cke. and Mass. Formerly called Mylitta 141. 

 aust rails, Berk. A photograph illustrating a sclerotium bear- 

 ing a fully developed fungus is shown. 



Observe a series of specimens of polystictus sanguineus, CASE 

 Sacc, a fungus widely distributed in the tropics, and of a 140. 

 bright blood-red colour when living. 



No. 249. Hydmim coralloides, Scop., in its early stages it CASE 

 resembles a cauliflower, and occurs in this country on decayed 141. 

 trees and stumps, especially those of fir, beech, and ash ; in 

 Kashmir it grows on living trees of Abies webbiana. It is 

 called .Kahokhuk, and is largely sought after as an article of 

 food. 



No. 250. Portion of a joist from the floor of a church, 

 showing the progress of decay caused by Dry Rot, the mycelium 

 of Meridius lacrymans, Jacq. 



Observe also a very large mass of the mycelium of this 

 species taken from the interior of a wooden horse used to display 

 armour in the Tower of London. 



No. 251. Hirneola polytricha, Mont., a fungus growing 

 on wood in the northern island of New Zealand, also in 

 India and Java. Very large quantities of this fungus are 

 exported from New Zealand to China, where the retail price 

 averages about one shilling per pound. It is also cultivated by 

 the Chinese, and used by them as a medicine, and as an ingredient 

 in soups, &c. (See lleiv Bnlleiin, 1890, pp. 217, 220.) 



Observe specimens of Hirneola rufa, Berk., used as food in 

 Japan. 



