i 7 6 APPENDIX. 



CCXXV. HELVELLA minima fiipitata cartilcgcnia, pileofupra ochreoluca, 

 fibulifermia. Jlipite bre-vi tligro-fufci . 



BUTTON-SHAPED HELVELLA. 



TAB. CLXXVI. 



THIS little plant grows on flicks or roots, near fome rill or 

 ftream of water. 



It confifts of a little hard pileus, fmooth, flippery, and of a 

 yellow ochre colour on the upper fide ; it is fupported by a round 

 item, a line in length, of a folid and firm confiftence, and, toge- 

 ther with the underfide of the pileus, is of a dufky black. 



The lower figures on the plate are the natural fize of the plant, 

 the three upper are magnified. 



The fpecimens, here figured and defcribed, grew by the ftream 

 of the fpring at Bell-Bank, near Bi/iglcv. It grew upon fmall 

 branches of elm root, which had been walhed bare by the ftream, 

 and were ftill within the reach of its fprinklings. 



