the upper ones lofe their form. At length the under 

 furface becomes covered with diftind; and feparate 

 tubes, entire at their orifice {^fg. 3), turning brown and 

 emitting feeds at their edges, which often hang in fef- 

 toons on httle cobwebs formed by fome infe6t of the 

 fpider kind. The fungus afterwards either rots or 

 turns black in decay. 



It varies in fliape and fize, but commonly refembles 

 liver, being faturated with a blood-coloured fluid, which 

 adds to the refemblance. Its talle is like that of the 

 common mufliroom, Ag. cmnpejlris^ and fome perfons 

 reckon it nearly as good. 



TAB. LIX. 



PEZIZA Acetabulum. With. 436. Bull. t. 485. / 4. 



1 HAVE been favoured with recent fpecimens of this 

 Peziza by the Rev. Mr. Budftone, who found them at 

 Sand Hutton near York, growing in the earth at the 

 bottom of a fhady hedge, not, as ufually reported, on 

 rotten wood. 



TAB. LX. 



SPH^RIA MILITARIS. 



CLAVARIA MILITARIS. Linn. Sp. PL 1652. Hudf. 

 638. M^itb. 450. 



r OUND in Kenfington gardens in autumn, moft 

 frequently among mofs {Br yum undulatum), growing 

 from a perifhed chryfalis, or the unquickened re- 

 mains of a fpider's neft. It varies in form and fize. 



