readily be diftinguiilied by the narrow bright fox-coloured
gills. Among the longer grafs, refufed by cattle,
it is drawn up, as in our talleft figure. When gathered
in perfeftion it dries well. Is the A. Colus, With. 383,
diftinil from this ?
T A B . XXXIV.
B O L E T U S PIPERATUS. Bulliard t. 451.
W E believe this Boletus has appeared only in Bulliard's
admirable work. It grows in tolerable plenty on
Hainault Foreñ, towards Chigwell Row, Effex, though
not hitherto mentioned as a native of this ifland, but
we have reafon to think it is not uncommon. The
pores are very open and irregular, and fometimes fo
ihallow as to be mere reticulations, as in fome foreign
Boleti. Its colour varies a little. The name exprefles
its pungent effeft on the tongue and throat, like that
of the Capficum.
T A B . XXXV.
T)kkf. Crypt, fa/c.
H E L V E L L A SPATULATA.
C L A V A R I A SPATHULA.
With. V. 3. 450.
I GATHERED this fiingus, in the autumn of 1794, in
the plantations at Coitefy near Norwich, in company
with its original difcoverer James Crowe, Efq. of Lakenham.
It is to be found there every year in great
abundance. As a fpecies it is fufficiently diftina,
though as to its genus, according to our prefent fyftems,
fomewhat obfcure, being nearly equally allied to
Peziza, Helvella, Lycoperdon, and Clavaria. The feeds
are difcharged in the form of fmoke, from pores in the
edges, and may perhaps be imbedded in the fubftance,
as has been obferved in Peziza' ' ' '
T A B . XXXVI.
AGARICUS ELEPHANTINUS. Bolt. t. 28. mth. V. 3.319.
COMMON in molt woods, parks, &c. about the month
of Oétober. In decaying they gradually turn quite
black, as if burnt to charcoal, and feem almoft as durable
as that fubftance. They are fo abundant in one
part of Kenfington Gardens, that when in the black ñate
(which they are during great part of the year) a cafual
obferver would think fires had been made where they
grow. When in perfe£lion they are fometimes nearlywhite.
The gills often branch, and run one into another,
but are always clurafy. This fungus has a
pleafant nut-like tañe; when cut it changes reddilh.
In the black ftate it fupports fome parafitical fungi,
which we ihall hereafter take an opportunity of delineating.
T A B . XXXVII.
AGARICUS PERON A TUS. Bolt. t. With. v.
T H I S fpedes isbeft diftinguiihed by the leathery appearance
of the pileus, and the ftalk being clothed half
way up from the root with a yellowifli woolly felted
fubftance, above which it is fmooth, except being a little
^yrinkled. 'We have found it at Ditchingham, Norfolk,
alfo plentifully at Hampftead, and under hawthorns
in Greenwich Park. Lady Arden has obferved
it under beech-trees, growing on the fallen capfules
and leaves. The flavour of this fpecies is pungent.
It dries fo well as to be eafily recognized in that ftate.