The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne ¶ 14/7/74 ¶ ¶ What is your opinion, reverend and venerable friend, concerning the enclosed fungus. It occurs sometimes in large sheets in the stems of Eucalypts, but as I never found it mys...

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Natural History Museum, London, Botany Library, Berkeley correspondence, vol. 9. 74.07.14

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Miles Berkeley, 1874-07-14. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1870-9/1874/74-07-14-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

Melbourne

14/7/74

What is your opinion, reverend and venerable friend, concerning the enclosed fungus. It occurs sometimes in large sheets in the stems of Eucalypts, but as I never found it myself, I have been unable to trace it to any metamorphosis, such as or to . It reminds also of & the prepared state of

Regardfully your

Ferd von Mueller

In the enclosed list I have given only a few edible fungi.

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Surely many might be transferred from country to country