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HISTORY of FUNGUSSES, 



GROWING about HALIFAX. 



GENUS V. 



A T H R U S. 



* Jlalked. 



CLATHRUS ftipitatus, capitulo oblongo, axi longitudinal! adnata. Sp. PI. 1649. Mich, 

 nov. Gen. p. 215, /. 94. Haller Hift . 2165. 



NAKED CLATHRUS. 



TAB. XCIIL FIG. I. 



THIS confifts of a black hair-like Item, a line in length, and a cylindric head, 

 three lines in length ; of a fulvour brown colour, and having the appearance of a 

 foft and downy plume. The natural fize is exprefled at a. The magnified figure, ztb. 

 fhews the network. A fmall particle of the network is highly magnified at c. to fhew 



the fituation of the feeds. Grows in the hollows of old decaying flocks and roots of 



trees, in feveral places about Halt/ax, in September and October. 



Gen. t. 



94. 



CLATHRUS ftipitatus, capitulo oblongo -vol<vato. Sp. PI. 1649. Mich.nov. 

 fig. I. Relban Flor. Suppl. I, p. 30, No. 1046. 



PURPLE CLATHRUS. 



TAB. XC1II. F I G. II. 



THIS confifts of a globular head, the fize of a muftard feed, of a brownifh purple 

 colour, fupported on a filiform item, fcarce a line in length. The head is fur- 

 rounded with a cover, which in due time breaks in the top, and gives way to the dawny 

 network, which then begins to extend in length, and to afl'ume an oblong figure, the 

 cover remaining like a volva at the bafe ; after the difcharge of the feeds, a black oblong 

 axis remains for fome time. The natural fize of the plant is feen at a. b. magnified in 

 two degrees at c. c. the fmal'er with its cover, the larger with its cover taken oft' before 

 maturity. At d.e. magnified in different degrees, when in a ftate of perfect growth. 

 Found on moift putrid wood in damp places, in July and Auguft. 



CLATHRUS ftipitatus, capitulo globofo coccineo, <villo fufco. Hudfon Angl. 63 1, 6. 

 Mucor perennis pallidas pileo fitl'vo. Sp. PI. 1655. Haller Hifi. 2163, t. 48, fig. 4. 

 Helban Append, alt. p. 28, No. 1099. 



SCARLET CLATHRUS. 



TAB. XCIII. F I G. III. 



THIS confifts of a globular head, at firft of a beautiful bright vermilion colour, 

 fupported upon a white ftalk, a line in length; as it grows older, the fcarlet 

 colour changes to a dark brown, afterwards the cover breaks, and the network appears of 

 a dark fufcous colour. After the difcharge of the feeds, the remainder of the plant 

 abides for fome time in form of a cup, rent and irregular on the edge. The natural fize 

 is exprefled at a. b. magnified in various degrees, at c. d.e.f. 



CVIL 



nudus. 



cvnr. 



dtnudatus. 



CIX. 



fulw.'S. 



