. First forms of vegetation. Botany; Cryptogams. 386 FIRST FORMS OF VEGETATION. occasionally occurring in woods in autumn. The stem is from three to five inches high, snowy- white, irregular, hollow, deeply furrowed, often full of holes or sinuses like the fluted trunk of the yarroura or paddle-wood of the Indians. The cap is deflexed, and commonly divided into curled or folded lobes which adhere to the stem, but it is extremely irregular and variable, and has neither gills nor pores. Its substance is extremely brittle, the surface being soft like satin. The most valuable, however, of all the
. First forms of vegetation. Botany; Cryptogams. 386 FIRST FORMS OF VEGETATION. occasionally occurring in woods in autumn. The stem is from three to five inches high, snowy- white, irregular, hollow, deeply furrowed, often full of holes or sinuses like the fluted trunk of the yarroura or paddle-wood of the Indians. The cap is deflexed, and commonly divided into curled or folded lobes which adhere to the stem, but it is extremely irregular and variable, and has neither gills nor pores. Its substance is extremely brittle, the surface being soft like satin. The most valuable, however, of all the esculent fungi is probably the truffle {Tuber cibarium, Fig. 42). This curious sub- terranean puff-ball, for such it is, is so local and scarce that it is very little known except amongst wealthy and titled families in this Fig. 4=.-tobee country. Seldom appear- ing at common tables ; and probably the greater part of what is sold is imported. It is very rare in Scotland, but by no means uncommon in some parts of England, especially where a limestone soil prevails. It is usually found in beech-woods and oak plantations growing in clusters or in a sort of semicircle in the same way as Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Macmillan, Hugh, 1833-1903; Macmillan, Hugh, 1833-1903. Footnotes from the page of nature. London, Macmillan
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