OF CURIOSITY. iSi 



lichen ijla7idicus^ which in times of fcarcity fei*ves 

 inftead of bread. A61. Soc. reg. Sc. 1 742. p. 1 54. 



The lichen prunaftri^ or plumb-liverwort^ is 

 ground to powder for the hair. 



The lichen pujlulatus may be converted into 

 a very black pigment. The very fniall lichens 

 called leprofus^ cover barren rocks, and makes 

 them look pleafanf, it gives birth to black 

 mould, and confequently affords the firil de- 

 gree of vegetative power. After all this can 

 any one juftly fay that the knowledge of thefe 

 plants is ufelefs ? 



The mujhrgom kind alfo make a clafs of ve* 

 getablcs by no means to be defpifed. One 

 fpecies is ufed in amputations and haemor- 

 rhages, and another is lately come into repu- 

 tation for flopping the bleeding of arteries; 

 infomuch that the inventor of this ufe of it 

 was amply rewarded for the difcovery. 



The triifle and phalli contribute to make our 

 foups more delicate, and are commonly ufed 

 at the tables of the great. Many mujhrooms 

 are eat by the Mufcovites and the inhabitants 

 of other countries, but fome of them are a 

 moft deadly poifon \ fo that it is of the utmoii 

 confequence not to commit miftakes in this 

 part of knowledge. 



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