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walks were peopled with hundreds of the ground Peziza 

 (Plate XX., fig. 11). 



In the woods of Kent and Sussex we sought in vain 

 for the Verdigris Peziza. It is used by the workers in 

 Tunbridge ware, to furnish the green tint used in their 

 pretty patchwork articles ; and it seemed natural that it 

 should grow in the neighbourhood where it is in so much 

 request. But the pleasure of finding the little Peziza 

 and the spawn stained wood, was reserved for a Scotch 

 ramble ; when, after wandering in the Braid valley, and 

 filling our basket with mosses, and agarics, and hoary 

 lichens, an old rail met our view, all coloured with the 

 verdigris tint we had so long sought in vain (P. aeruginosa, 

 Plate XX., fig. 12). 



In that same neighbourhood, within sight of Braid 

 Hill, is an old family mansion, called Craig House. 

 The plantations surrounding this ancient dwelling give 

 shelter to numerous fungi ; and there I had the good 

 fortune to find the lilac Bulgaria (P. sarcoides, Plate 

 XX., Jig. 12), belonging to a group closely allied to that 

 of Peziza. 



The next order to the Elvellacei is the Tuberacei, and 

 here we come to subterranean fungi again. The external 

 form of the true Truffles resembles that of the false Truf- 

 fles as closely as the Geoglossum resembles a simple Clo- 

 varia ; in both instances the seeds being simple or 

 i nclosed in asci is the only sure distinction. The com- 

 mon Truffle of our markets (Tuber aestivum) has a rough 

 surface, it is found in the south of England, especially in 

 Hants, under beech trees. On one or two occasions we 

 have searched for these rare fungi, raking the ground in 



