Worthington George Smith

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• “The (certainly one of the most exquisitely delicious of all our fungi) is generally neglected, or regarded with great suspicion. Under the name of 'champillion,' however, it is well known to the weavers and labouring men of the , who may be seen gathering it in considerable numbers any autumn day amongst the short grass of .”
• “When potatoes are destroyed by parasitic in the autumn, it does not always happen that the parasite is the dreaded putrefactive fungus of the murrain, named Another highly destructive fungus, named , , is sometimes equally damaging to potatoes with the Peronospora itself. The name Fusisporium refers to the spindle-shaped crescent form of the spores,—fusus a spindle ; Solani of course, refers to the genus to which the potato belongs.”
• “The first stage coach passed through on Monday, April 12th, 1742. ..., presented great difficulties for coaches, seven or eight horses were required to take the coach from Brewer's Hill Road to the top of the hill.”

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