ed here in connection with the development
of these nodules. Two children had died under suspicious
circumstances, and an examination of the body of the latter
after exhumation was made, a report having arisen that the
child died after eating mushrooms. As certain white nodules
appeared on the inner surface of the intestines, it was at once
hastily concluded that the spores of the mushroom had
germinated, and that the nodules were infant mushrooms. This
appeared to one of us so strange, that application was made for
specimens, which were kindly forwarded, and a cursory glance
was enough to convince us that they were not fungoid. An
examination under the microscope further confirmed the
diagnosis, and the application of nitric acid showed that the
nodules were merely due to chalk mixture, which had been given
to the child for the diarrhetic symptoms under which he
succumbed.

[B] Ehrenberg compared the whole structure of an Agaric with that
of a mould, the mycelium corresponding with the hyphasma,
the stem and pileus with the flocci, and the hymenium with
the fructifying branchlets. The comparison is no less
ingenious than true, and gives a lively idea of the connection
of the more noble with the more humble fungi.--_Ehrb. de
Mycetogenesi._

[C] In _Paxillus involutus_ the hymenium may be readily torn off and
unfolded.

[D] This was well delineated in "Flora Danica," plate 834, as
observed in _Coprinus comatus_ as long ago as 1780.

[E] A. de Bary, "Morphologie und Physiologie der Pilze," in
"Hofmeister's Handbuch," vol. ii. cap. 5, 1866, translated in
"Grevillea," vol. i. p. 181.

[F] "Die Pollinarien und Spermatien von _Agaricus_," in "Botanische
Zeitung," Feb. 29 and March 7, 1856.

[G] "Essai d'une Flore mycologique de la Region de Montpellier."
Paris, 1863.

[H] Hoffmann, "Botanische Zeitung," 1856, p. 139.

[I] Corda, "Icones Fungorum hucusque cognitorum," iii. p. 41. Prague,
1839.

[J] Cooke, M. C., "Anatomy of a Mushroom," in "Popular Science
Review," vol. viii. p. 380.

[K] An attempt was made to show that, in _Agaricus melleus_, distinct
asci were found, in a certain stage, on the gills or lamellae.
We have in vain examined the gills in various conditions