84 Rev. M. J. Berkeley on the Fructification of the 



superficial, and he described the quaternate arrangement and 

 utricles in the Coprini. 



In 1753 the same things were confirmed by Gleditsch*, 

 his figures being copied from those of Micheli. He professes, 

 however, p. 5, not to have servilely copied Micheli, but to have 

 certified himself of his correctness. 



In 1762 Schmidelf described the gills of Agaricus comatus 

 as furnished with seeds, " qui utrumque parietem dense ves- 

 tinnt" Analyses of certain Clavarice are also given, which, 

 though very incomplete, are as far as they go correct. 



In 1763 Gleichen % figured a portion of the gill of an agaric 

 with an appearance described as a vaisseaux de poussiere avec 

 leurs filets noires et tachetes de blanc," which must have arisen 

 from optical deception. The so-called i£ filets" are of consi- 

 derable size, swelling upwards and supporting lobed masses 

 of naked reproductive bodies. He appears to consider these 

 imaginary bodies as the same with the utricles described by 

 Micheli and Gleditsch in Coprini, who, he says, have well ob- 

 served them ; but Schaeffer § denies their existence. The re- 

 productive bodies themselves are well figured. 



In 1780 Midler || gave an excellent figure of a portion of 

 a gill of Ag. comatus, in which not only is the quaternate ar- 

 rangement of the spores very well expressed, but towards the 

 edge they are accurately represented as naked and supported 

 by little peduncles. 



In 1783 Bergeret^j noticed the large utricles in Ag. mica- 

 ecus (Ag. farinaceus, Berg.), but appears to have been unac- 

 quainted with the quaternary arrangement. 



In 1784 Hedwig published his Theoria Plantarum Crypto- 

 gamicarum, a second edition of which appeared in 1790. In 

 this four plates are devoted to pileate Fungi. At tab. 41, fig 2,- 

 the gills of some Cortinaria, and at tab. 42, fig. 2, a prickle of 

 Hydnum imbricatum, are represented as covered with project- 



* Methodus Fungorum, &c. Berolini, 1753. 



t Icones Plantarum et analyses partium. Nuremberg, 1762. 



% Supplement d'observations melees, tab. 4, in Observations Microsco- 

 piques. Nuremberg, 1763. 



§ Vorlaufige Beobachtungen der Scbwainme urn Regensburg. Regens- 

 burg, 1759. 



fi Flora Danica. Fasc. XIV. Hafniae. 



^f Bergeret, Pbytonomatotechnie Universelle. Paris, 1783. 



