. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. Where he bddc the rocks prochtce Bitter iichens/or thy use.—Maet Howitt. 10. All lichens are amply endowed with starch; and withthis not only most of the cells are filled, but even the wallsthemselves are mainly composed of it. A leathern-like lichengrows largely in the limestone mountains of Northern Asia,and serves, in times of famine at least, as food for the rovingTartars. In the polar regions of Europe similar lichens arecarefully soaked and boiled down to free them of their orig-inal bitterness, and then cooked with milk, or ba
. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. Where he bddc the rocks prochtce Bitter iichens/or thy use.—Maet Howitt. 10. All lichens are amply endowed with starch; and withthis not only most of the cells are filled, but even the wallsthemselves are mainly composed of it. A leathern-like lichengrows largely in the limestone mountains of Northern Asia,and serves, in times of famine at least, as food for the rovingTartars. In the polar regions of Europe similar lichens arecarefully soaked and boiled down to free them of their orig-inal bitterness, and then cooked with milk, or baked intobread. Scanty lichens of this kind, which had to be dug outfrom under sheltering loads of snow, were, not for days, butfor whole months, the sole food of the unfortunate navigatorFranklin and his companions. 1 LI-cHEN (usually pronounced ll-kin). I* Deought (drowt)^ the same meaning as 2 Ti-NY or TTn-y. drouth. 3 Laz-a-eo-ni, a class of beggars and idlers. | 206 willsons fifth reader. Paet IV. LES. XXVI.—FUXGI, OR FUNGOUS PLANTS. (xnAIXOOENS.). 1. Agaricui proceriis^ Giant agaric, xxi. 9, w. and br., 0 in., gardens. 2. Atiariciisprunulufi, French mushroom, xxi. 9, white, 1^ in., wood?. 3. Aaarictis bulbosKS^ Rad-th-scented mushroom, xxi. 9, br., 4 in., among gras.^. 4. Agaricus squarrosiig, Squar-rose ngaric, xxi. 9, rusty-iron color, 2 in., Ionts of trees. 5. Agaricitsflavidrix, Yellowagaric (eatable), xxi. 9, pale yellow, 2 in., trunks of trees. 6. Agaricus tener. Brittlegalera, xxi. 9, y. and br., 4 in., grassy places. 7. Agaricus Common mush-room, xxi. 9, whitish, pink below, 3 in , cultivated in gardens. S. PoUiponis toadstool,xxi. 9,pale brown,20 in., on beech-trees. 9. Tuber cibarium. Com-mon truffle, xxi. 9, brown, Ij in., under ground. 10. Phallut canimtf:. Scentless morel,xxi. 9, pk , 4 in. 11. Ascophora vmcedo, a common mould, xxi. 9, i in. 1. Under the name ^*/;?^^^ botanists comprehend not onlythe various races of mushr
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