in great quantities on a bank near Kennington, Surrey,
and hoped ere this to have deteifted the formation of
thofe lenticular bodies with which the cups are half
filled, and which bear fome refemblance to thofe in the
little cups upon Marchantíapolymorpha, Engl. Bot. t. 210.
They often hang out of the cup of this fungus by means
of the elongation of the threads which are attached to
the centre of one of their flat fides, and are fometimes
fcattered upon the earth, the cup ñill remaining upright.
hi a young ftate the upper half of the cup is
occupied by a veficle containing a fluid, which feems
to be difcharged downwards towards thefe lenticular
bodies, after which the upper part or cover dries up
and cracks. Dr. Withering's generic name Nidulana
is very exprcflive.
T A B. XXXi.
AGARICUS XERAMPELINUS. With. V. 3. 331.
I FOUND this brilliant fpecies, and moft of its varieties
clefcribed in Withering, growing either folitary or cluftered,
but feldom hollow, in Sir William Jerningham's
plantations near Norwich, as well as in a pine-grove at
Ditchingham in company with Mr. Woodward. The
gills are invariably of a bright yellow, very partially
fixed to the ftem, rounding off in fome degree from the
pileus. Their edges are thick, and feem to fplit, fo as
perhaps to emit the feeds; a circumftance which may
be obferved in feveral other fpecies.
T A B . XXIX.
NIDULARIA STRIATA. With. v. 3. 446.
PEZIZA STRIATA. Hudf. 634.
P. LENTIFERA /3. Limt. Sp. PI. 165O.
F O R moft perfea and beautiful fpecimens of this curious
plant we are obliged to the favour of Lady Arden,
who gathered them oaobcr ift and 7th, 1795, under
beech-trees in Nork park near Epfom, Surrey, often
growing on the fallen feed-veflTels. The receptacle of
fluid is very apparent in this fpecies. The outfide
very woolly, with pointed tufts regularly difpofed,
which when viewed in front give a ftellated appearance
to the edge of the cup.
T A B . XXXII.
AGARICUS v iROiNEUs . Jacq. Mifc. v. 2.104. 1.15./ i.
A. NIVEUS. With. 346.
A. EBURNEUS. Bolt. 4.
A. ERICEUS. Bull. t. 188.
SEEN often in great abundance in expofed fituations,
more fparingly in woods. It is generally plentiful in
Kenfington Gardens and Greenwich Park in the autumn.
It affumes various appearances according to the
weather, and may, though rarely, be found with a hollow
ftalk. Its colour moftly refembles the whitenefs of
ivory; its flavour when frefli approaches to that of the
common mufliroom, A. campejlris.
T A B . XXX.
NIDULARIA LiEVis. With. 446.
PEZIZA LiEvis. Hudf.6^if.
NOTWITHSTANDING its name, this is fcarceiyfo
fmooth as N. campanulata. It is found in Combe wood
near Kingfton, Surrey, on various fubftances. Mr.
Pitchford of Norwich favoiired me with fome very
good fpecimens, growing on a piece of a fir-tree.
T A B. XXXIII.
AGARICUS TENER. With. v. 3. 359.
G e n e r a l l y found in the greateft perfeition about
Auguft and September, in damp meadows, and may