225--238).
This article is one of the most recent and most valuable contributions
to this important study, and anyone wishing to look into the methods of
research, or desiring more detailed information than is here given, is
referred to the original paper.

TABLE I.

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| FRESH | IN WATER-FREE MATERIAL. |
| MATERIAL.| |
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| W | D M | T N| P N| E E| S I P A| F | A |
| A | R A | O I| R I| T X| O N E L| I | S |
| T | Y T | T T| O T| H T| L R C| B | H |
| E | T | A R| T R| E R| U 8 O| R | |
| R | E | L O| E O| R A| B 5 C H| E | |
| | R | G| I G| C| L E O| | |
| | | E| D E| T| E N L| | |
| | | N| N| | T | | |
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| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
Coprinus comatus |92.19| 7.81|5.79|1.92| 3.3| 56.3| 7.3|12.5|
| | | | | | | | |
Morchella esculenta |89.54| 0.46|4.66|3.49| 4.8| 29.3| 8.7|10.4|
| | | | | | | | |
Polyporus sulphureus |70.80| 9.20|3.29|2.23| 3.2| 27.8| 3.0| 7.3|
| | | | | | | | |
Pleurotus ostreatus |73.70| 6.30|2.40|1.13| 1.6| 31.5| 7.5| 6.1|
| | | | | | | | |
Clitocybe multiceps |89.61| 0.39|5.36|1.98| 6.0| 57.2| 9.6|11.5|
| | | | | | | | |
Hypholoma |88.97| 1.03|4.28|2.49| 2.5| 44.4|12.1|13.9|
candolleanum | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Agaricus campestris | 91.8| 8.2|4.75|3.57|3.72| -- | -- |11.6|
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=Water.=--Like all growing plants, the mushroom contains a very large
proportion of water. The actual am