11,8 Holland: Economic Fimgi. 



Lysurus Mokusin (Fr.). China. On the ground. Eaten in 

 China. 



Marasmius oreades (Fr.). Europe, Siberia, North America, 

 Africa, and Borneo. ' Fairy-ring Mushroom.' Edible. Said 

 to be the best. 



Marasmius scorodonius (Fr.). Europe, Siberia, and North 

 America. On fallen twigs and heather. Eaten in Germany, 

 Austria, etc. Possesses an odour of garlic and is used in 

 sauces, in fact, is an excellent condiment. 



Micrococcus vaccinae (Cohn.). The active element of vaccine 

 lymph in vaccination, by which a certain degree of immunity 

 is assured from smallpox. 



This Micrococcus occurs in fresh lymph, and in the 

 pustules of true smallpox. 



Micrococcus xantliogenicus (Trev.). Is said to have been 



- discovered in Brazil in persons suffering from yellow fever. 

 Vaccination with gelatine cultures has caused a mild type 

 of yellow fever. Rabbits and Guinea Pigs so inoculated 

 were proof against the fatal type of the disease (Groom's 

 ' Synopsis of Bacteria and Yeast Fungi,' 1884, p. 95). 



Peniciliium glaucum (Link.). Over all the world. On leaves, 

 stems, and fruit. The Vinegar Plant. Mycelium employed 

 in country districts for the manufacture of vinegar from 

 saccharine liquor. Is cultivated in cheeses ; this fungus 

 being the cause of the green veins in the famous Roquefort, 

 Gorgonzola, Camembert, and Stilton cheeses, to which is 

 due the special flavour for which these cheeses are noted. 



Podaxon carcinomalis (Fr.). Cape of Good Hope, California, 

 New Mexico, and Queensland. In ant-hills. Black spores 

 used occasionally for curing carcinomatous ulcers. (Also 

 known as Lycoperdo7i carciriomale. 



Polyporus anthelminticus (Berk.). Burmah and India. At 

 the root of bamboos. Employed as an anthelmentic. 



Polyporus corylinus (Viv.). Italy. Cultivated on charred 

 stumps of the Cobnut Tree {Corylus Avellana) in Rome. 

 Edible, not highly recommended. 



Polyporus tiispidus (Fr. ). Europe and America. On tree 

 trunks. The Fungus Gamboge ; yields a yellow dye 

 similar to ordinary gamboge. 



Polyporus officinalis (Fr.). Europe, Siberia, and British North 

 America. On Larch, etc. Used by the Indians as a 

 purgative. Formerly ' officinaV in the English Pharma- 

 copoeia. 



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