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  BRITISH 
  FU^'GI. 
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  acquaintance 
  with 
  such 
  species 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  recommended 
  

   without 
  fear 
  ; 
  hut 
  we 
  would, 
  nevertheless, 
  lend 
  no 
  

   encouragement 
  to 
  a 
  promiscuous 
  consignment 
  of 
  un- 
  

   known 
  species 
  to 
  the 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  cook 
  for 
  a 
  hash 
  or 
  

   puree. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  often 
  been 
  alleged, 
  not 
  only 
  that 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  

   fungi 
  has 
  but 
  few 
  attractions, 
  and 
  cannot 
  compete 
  suc- 
  

   cessfully 
  in 
  interest 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  ferns 
  and 
  algas, 
  but 
  

   also 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  such 
  insurmountable 
  obstacles 
  in 
  the 
  

   way 
  of 
  preserving 
  them, 
  that, 
  having 
  once 
  secured 
  the 
  

   specimens, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  chance 
  of 
  making 
  them 
  available 
  

   for 
  a 
  future 
  occasion. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  true 
  that 
  the 
  delicate 
  

   and 
  elegant 
  forms 
  and 
  beautiful 
  tints 
  of 
  many 
  sea-weeds, 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  graceful 
  outline 
  of 
  the 
  fronds 
  of 
  ferns, 
  

   may 
  make 
  these 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  vegetable 
  kingdom 
  

   more 
  suitable 
  for 
  the 
  lady's 
  album, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  every 
  

   one 
  who 
  is 
  privileged 
  to 
  dwell 
  by 
  the 
  seashore 
  through 
  

   the 
  entire 
  year, 
  and 
  the 
  ferns 
  of 
  one 
  locality 
  may 
  soon 
  

   be 
  collected 
  and 
  consigned 
  to 
  their 
  resting-places. 
  

   Fungi, 
  on 
  the 
  contrary, 
  abound 
  everywhere, 
  and 
  the 
  

   collector 
  can 
  never 
  declare 
  the 
  resources 
  of 
  his 
  locality 
  

   exhausted. 
  Beautiful 
  objects 
  are 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  rare, 
  

   and 
  the 
  pocket 
  lens 
  and 
  microscope 
  are 
  sure 
  of 
  constant 
  

   employment. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  difficulty 
  whatever 
  in 
  pre- 
  

   serving 
  the 
  minute 
  species 
  upon 
  the 
  leaves, 
  or 
  other 
  

   matrices 
  upon 
  which 
  they 
  vegetate. 
  These 
  may 
  be 
  

   dried 
  and 
  fastened 
  down 
  upon 
  small 
  squares 
  of 
  white 
  

   papei, 
  named, 
  and 
  arranged 
  with 
  as 
  great 
  facility 
  as 
  

   either 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  popular 
  classes 
  of 
  plants 
  to 
  which 
  we 
  

   have 
  adverted. 
  Occasionally 
  a 
  group 
  will 
  be 
  met 
  with, 
  

  

  