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MY GARDEN. 



Our root-work is the nidus of numerous fungi. The Trametes 

 gibbosa (fig. 827), which grows from the stumps of old wood in our 

 ferneries, is an example of this. Another species, the Tarragon fungus 

 [Agaricus euosmus, fig. 828), grows in my garden. When first gathered 



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Fig. 827.— Trametes gibbosa. 



'Fig. 829.— Tubercularia vulgaris, 

 nat. size and magnified. 



Fig. 8z8. — Agaricus euosmus. 



it smells like tarragon. It was particularly described by our veteran 

 fungologist, the Rev. Mr. Berkeley. Many other species grow on our 

 root-work. The smaller sticks often exhibit a beautiful small red 

 fungus called the Tubercularia vulgaris (fig. 829). 



The curious order Myxogaster, which is regarded by some persons 

 as a connecting link between animal and vegetal bodies, is also found 

 represented by the Lycogala epidendrum (fig. 830), which shows itself 

 on the blocks of wood in the month of March. We have also the 

 Polyporus versicolor, the woody P. tomentarius, and the large P. 

 squamosus (fig. 848 a). The Xylaria hy'poxylon, the Coprinus micaceus. 



Fig. 830. — Lycogala epidendrum 

 Spores X 700 diam.). 



Fig. 831. — Agaricus disseminatus. 



Fig. «3o a.— Agaricus CandoUianus. 



the C. atramentarius (fig. 851a:), and the Trametes gibbosa, with the 

 Agaricus spadiceus, and the rare Agaricus Candollianus (fig. 830a;), grow 

 upon, or in the neighbourhood of, the root-works. 



The Agaricus disseminatus (fig. 831), with its little forest of mush- 



