of the vegetable matter of which this Boletus is com- 

 pofed. I believe this plant is not before defcribed. I 

 found a large mafs fpreading full three feet, laft au- 

 tumn, in the hollow of an old elm in St. James's park, 

 forming a grotefque kind of cieling of different tints. 

 About the fides of the cavity were beautiful varieties of 

 Agaricus ulmarius, and I think a variety of Agaricus 

 palmatus (tab. 62) hanging very fancifully, fome re- 

 fembling efcallop lliells, and others corallines, Sac. 

 prettily relieved by the dark red wood, making a kind 

 of Fairy grot, remarkably clean, as if Puck had been 



" fent with broom before, 



" To fweep the dull behind the door." Shakesp. 



T A B. LXXXIX. 



BOLETUS NUMMULARius. Bu//. t. 124. 



I WAS firft fliewn this plant on a bit of hazel flick, 

 and have lince found it in Lord Spencer's park at 

 Wimbledon, on a Salix or willow, in various ftates, and 

 in other places like wife. The Rev. Mr. Abbot favoured 

 me with a fpecimen from Bedfordfliire. Thefe fungi 

 vary very much in fliape and fize, and differ alfo in 

 fubftance and texture according to the age or time of 

 gathering. At firft they are fomewhat leathery, after- 

 w^ards more horny. They are either llipitate or feflile ; 

 with or without a black bafe. The pores are irregular, 

 but fmall. May not Boletus Calceolus, Bull. t. 360 

 and 445, fig. 2, and alfo Boletus elegans, t. 46, of the 

 fame author, belong to this fpecies ? 



TAB. XC. 



CLAVARIA CYLINDRICA. Bull t. 463,7^. I. 



FOUND plentifully in autumn in a wet field by the 

 New River, between Stoke Newington and Hornfey ; 

 the foil is an hard loam. The texture of this fpecies is 

 of a wax-like friable nature. 



