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Show ai. .r 1U1..1. r t-uii. The study of (ilnui Is comparallrrly new. As a branch of lrn h I"" is a somrMbnt wldesrotie, (lll species Ivlng already rec-ognlsrd rec-ognlsrd and elassllleil Fnr every mush-room mush-room that one eats there are hundreds that prey In nturnat lh expense or luanklntL Amoog th tnlcrn.cop(c varieties may 1st brleuy insnlloneil on that spawns upon Urlrd prraervea, anntlrr thit makes bread molly, a third that devours the corn, a fourth thit rota III fruits, a II fill that spoils brrr, aslxththatglrrsa bid Ul to pickles and a seventh that causes catsup to putrefy Mill other families attack the hoofs and horns of horso an I cattle, grow amM hraps of luolst mart,., dust In tho sculptor's Studio, pick good titular to ptrcrA, dratrov silkworms au 1 cren sprout from th prist hct- of stirirleal dlsra In thaho.plUls. I Not a fiw of thrm snuslly prey Umn eaih I other or trstiifarui Insects Into vrgrtablis. I They nre cvsryw here, their name Is legion and their province ubiquity. In form they are lull ullely varied. Ons sort exsctly resemble a human ear, which Is attached to a tn- and trembles when you touch It, anolhrr, which projects from th bark of th clmtnut, Is so like a tongu In shs;ie and general npponranc that In th daj-s or enchanted tm s sou would not cut It on to eat It 011 any no count, lest th knight si mild afterward come to claim It of ou. The surface of this Istter curiosity Is rough, Just like that of a real tongue, the tlesh softly !it!o and tbs color blight red. Its appearance belli, not that of a healthy organ of speech, but nl one unpli aunlly dlwomd. Washlngtou bur. |
