R
T A B . XXIII.
LYCOPERDON HYDROPHORUM.
PEZIZA HYDROPHORA. BulHurd t. 410.
T H I S is evidently next aMn to the L. -
We have found it annually for three years paft in Auguft
and September, on the decaying trunk of a willow
it is fomewhat depreffed a little
woolly, afterwards becoming rounder, and finaUy
projefting the ball, much as in the preceding fpecies
have indeed been able to deteft it only on the edge
of the red outer cafe, which in this fpecies does not iplit
into rays; but we find many empty cups or cafes, from
which doubtlefs the balls have been thrown to a diftance.
T A B. XXIV.
PEZIZA SCUTELLATA. irith. VOl. 3. 442.
FOUND, not very imfrequently, in the rotten parts of
hollow tr^es. The hairs in this are black. There is an
f n T ^ Peziza found on cow-dung {Elvela eqmna,
FhDan. t. 1329), which though fmaller mal l its parts,
paler, and ciliated with hairs of the fame colour as the
feems to be a variety of this. There are fome
without hairs, but we doutt whether that can make a
fpedfic diftinaion. See Ltghtf. ilo. Scot. 1053.
T A B . XXV.
AURICULARIA TABACINA.
A. NICOTIANA. Bolton 174. PVith. vol. 3. 433-
COMMON in woods and many other places,on flumps
and branches of decaying trees. It is thm and flexible
attached by the back, the upper part projeftmg a little
rugged and zoned, and either growing in an imbricated
manner, or forming elegant undulations, from three or
four inches to two or three feet in extent, made more
confpicuous by the light yellow margin being con-
3 d with the brighf, and often n e a r l y red brown of
the upper and uncfer fide. It thrives moft m damp
places OT in wet weather, fometimes exuding reddiflr
^rops (poffibly coloured with the feeds) from the under
furface. In drying it becomes flinvelled and lofes
all its original fplendor, and may then be compared to
dried toblcco, to which we fuppofethe name Nicotmna
was meant to allude.
T A B . XXVI.
AURICULARIA FERRUGINEA. Bull. t. 378. With,
vol. 3. 433.
HELVELLA RUBIGINOSA. Dickf. Crypt, fafc. 1. 10.
N O T uncommon on gate-pofls, &c. generally placed
fo low as to be partly hid by the earth and neighbouring
slants. It Í6 imbricated, and chiefly attached by the
5ack. The upper projeiling furface is of a rufty colour,
rather rugged and zoned. Edges finely downy,
the light colour of the margin rather brighteft inwards.
The under fide is of a duller hue, partially zoned, rugged
with irregular protuberances, and when magnified
appearing fomewhat downy. The whole plant is thin
and brittle, changed but little by drying.
T A B. XXVII.
AURICULARIA REFLEXA. £«//. i. 274. Mz/I. I;. 3.434.
1 HE moft common of all fungi, growing on decayed
trees, on pales, gates, and old water-tubs, often fpreading
in circular patches, without projeiling fo as to
acquire the woolly upper furface, in which one of its
moft diftinguifliing charaiters refides. It is however
eafily known in either ftate, the front, or under furface,
varying but little from its reddifli hue. The whole
plant is thicker than the two lail-mentioned, but moft
refembles the A. tabacina in mode of growth. At firft
fight it might eafily be confounded with the Boletus
verjicolor.
The upper furface varies in colour, and is very woolly.
Some of the zones are always yellow, as is fometimes
the whole jilant.
T A B. XXVIII.
N I D U L A R I A CAMPANULATA. /T/TÓ. TO/. 3. 445.
PEZIZA LENTIFERA. Lim. Hudf. &c.
O F frequent occurrence in negle6ted gardens and
fields, attached to various fubftances. I have found it