T A B. LI. 



IIELVELLx'V ESCULENTA. 



PHALLUS EscuLENTUs. Lififi. Sp. P/, i6j[8. Hud/:62g. 

 mth. 447. 



1 HIS varies a little in lliapc and colour. Mr. Jacob 

 Rayer found Ibme bufF-coloured Ipec imens on a bank 

 in Kent. I have j^athered plenty of the blackilh kind 

 at Newington, Surrey, on an old garden ground among 

 I'ugar-bakers rubbifli. 



This fpecies farely belongs much more properh' to 

 the genus of Helve/la than to that of Phallus^ efpe- 

 cially if we confider its texture, duration, or qualities. 

 It is well known b}- the name of Morel, and much 

 elieemed as an ingredient in fauces and foups, for 

 which piu'pofe it may be preferved dried for many 

 months or even years. The people employed in ga- 

 thering Morels in German}', having obferved that 

 they grew moll plentifully where wood had been 

 burned, proceeded to promote their propagation by 

 fetting fire to the woods, till it was found neceflary 

 to forbid that practice by law. 



T A B. LIL 



LYCOFERDON epidendrum. Bull. t. 503. With. 

 468. Li fin. Sp. PL 1654. lludf. 645. 



Differs from the generality of Lycoperdons in 

 being foft and pulpy when young, fomething like 

 Reticularia fcptica., With. 470, defcribed by Mr. Wood- 

 ward, \\ lio has alio obferved the plant now before us. 



TAB. LIIL 



.ECIDIUM F us CUM. Relb. n. 1199. Limi. Syjl. Nai. 



ed. Gmcl. 1473. Gent. Mag. for May 1793, 414. 

 LYC0PI:RD0X anemones. Pult. in Tr. of Linn. Soc. 



V. 1. 311 ? 



1 BEG leave to refer the reader to Dr. Pulteney's 

 learned obfervations on this fungus, or one at lealt 

 nearly related to it, in the Traniadtions of the Lin- 



