The plants vary widely in form and consistency, some being very soft and soon decaying, others turning into an inky fluid, others being tough and leathery, and some more or less woody or corky.
"Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc."
George Francis Atkinson
Some of them are very large, some quite small, some are fleshy in consistency, some are woody, corky; some membranaceous; and if we include plants formerly classed here, some are gelatinous, though there is a tendency in recent years on the part of some to place the gelatinous ones among the trembling fungi.
"Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc."
George Francis Atkinson
1 Plants tough, either fleshy or gelatinous, membranaceous, corky or woody, persistent, reviving when moistened.
"Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc."
George Francis Atkinson