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HISTORY of FUNGUSSES, 



GROWING about HALIFAX. 



GENUS IV. 



H A L L U S. 



PHALLUS pileo ovato cellulofo, Jlipite nudo rugofo. Sp. PL CV. 

 1648. Hudjbn AngL 629. Boletus capite tereti reticulato. e /c U hnt. 

 Hall. Hijl. 2247. Mich. Gen. 203. T. 85. Fig. 1. 2. 

 Tourn Infl. P. 561. T. 329. Fig. A. Battarra. P. 24. 

 T. 2. Fig. F. Sterb. Fung. P. 92. 2". 10 Fig. omn. 

 Fungus favigonofus. Ray Syn. 11. A 7 *?. 7. Park. Tbeat. 

 Ger. Emp. 1583. 



ESCULENT PHALLUS or MORELL. 



TAB. xcr. 



/ T A HE flem is hollow and wrinkled, contracted or purfed at 

 "*■ the bafe, where it emits a few radical fibres ; it is two or 

 three inches high, of a fmooth but unequal furface, being fre- 

 quently diftorted, and having many deep furrows and alternate 

 ridges. The fubfiance of the item is extended all over the in- 

 fide of the pileus, and makes the lining or inward furface of 

 the whole cavity : — here it is white, wrinkled, and dufted over 

 with a foft mealy powder. 



The pileus is generally of an oval figure, fometimes globu- 

 lar or comprelfed, and varies greatly in fize and colour, accord- 

 ing to foil and fituation ; it is moft commonly of a pale yellowifh 

 brown or buff, changing to a dark dufky colour in decay. The 

 furface is cellular, wrinkled, and latticed ; the cells exhibiting 

 a great variety of unequal figures. 



Grows in fandy meadows, about the river Calder, but rarely. 

 It is greatly efteemed as an efculent. 



