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human faces on the head. It is at firft roundiih; in
ripening the head burfts through the two coats or
wrappers; the inner wrapper, detaching itfelf from
the outer, becomes inverted, connecSled only by the
edges; the coats moil conftantly fpht into four parts.
See Mr. Woodward's excellent account of moil of the
fpecies in Linn. TranJ. vol. ii. p. 32.
T A B . CXCIX.
CLAVARIA TUBEROSA.
I FOUND this alfo in Stone-Park, Suffex, growing
on flicks, burfting its way through the bark. The
root is tuberous, and held to the wood by threads a
little above the bafe, fomewhat knobby where the
plant afcends, which is a little tubular and pointed.
T A B. CC.
SPH^TRIA HYPOTRICHOIDES.
*
HYPOXILON LOCULIFERUM. Bull t. igs-ß^. i. A.B.
HORSEHAIR USNEA. D/ / / . Mufc. 6 7 . t. 13-Jig. i l . A.B.
B R O U G H T me by Mr. Jonathan Peckover, who
found it growing on an old fack of faw-duft in his
wine-cellar at Wiibeach. Even this plant, fo finely
fibrous, has white farinaceous ends, analogous to pollen
or frudlifying duft ; alfo capfules below. Thus it
anfvvers to the clafs Moncecia of Linnoeus—a circumftance
which feems proper to the Spharias. My friend
William Skrimfhire Efq. jun- of Wifbeach firfl: obferved
the farinaceous powder on this plant.
T A B. CCI.
AGARICUS INTEGER. Linn. Sp. PL 1640.
1 HIS beautiful plant is extremely common moft of
the year. It inhabits cool receíTes of \^^oods at midfummer,
fpreading more at large in the autumn to
midwinter even among froft and fnow. It is moflly
folid, but fpongy, and very brittle. The lamellas are
mofl conftantly entire from the edges of the pileus to
the ñipes, aíFording a certain ipecific diftindlion. It is
fometimes fportive in form, but varies moft in the tints,
and may be found of all the colours of the rainbow,
green fcarcely excepted. It is often much eaten by
fnails, and is highly acrid. Krapf has figured it in 10
plates, exhibiting nearly 100 figures, which are erroneoufly
reckoned fevera] fpecies.
T A B . CCII.
AGARICUS DELiciosus. Linn. Sp. PI. 1.641. Schajf.
t. I I , &c.
T h e Rev. R. B. Francis favoured me with fine fpecimens
of this plant from the neighbourhood of Holt in
Norfolk. It is fomewhat fpongy; the rich orange
juice refides in the extremities of the under-fide of the
plant, hning the inner edge of the ftipes, &c. The
gills branch and anaftomofe, and in ripening or drying
become covered with a fine pinky farina. The
plant 1 tafted was very pleafant. Mr. Francis, however,
found fome that were more or lefs acrid. I had
one dreíTed, which was veiy lufcious eating, full of
rich gravy, with a little of the flavour of mufcles. It
changes green when bruifed, as Dr. Smith * and Mr.
Stackhoufe I'emark. Is this the real A. Cajarius ?
I have even been told A. mufcariiis of Linnseus is,
and that it is good eating. I have found it pleafant
tafted, and fliall be glad of information on fo doubtful
a point.
* See Tour on the Continent, vol. i, i8o.