T A B. CXXXVI. 



LYCOPERDON fragile. Dkkf. Fajc. tab. 3. Jig. 5. 

 JFitb. 3 ed. 385. 



It may fcem as if the feeds of this plant floated in the 

 autumiial air, and lii2;hting wlicre chance dirccf^ed. I 

 liavc found them on hving grafs, 8cc. a foot or more 

 from the earth, fixed h>' a gummy matter rather than 

 a root, hi the morning, like a thick cream in one mafs, 

 which foon hccomes \ ellow, and hcgins to feparate, hut, 

 on the leall touch, w ill run together again. It grows 

 harder, and forms diftindt plants towards evening. 

 The following day they feem perfeded, and confift of a 

 chefnut hrown and hrittle cafe, full of dark j^jow der, on 

 fomcthing like a loofc woolly receptacle. 



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SPHyllRIA DECORTICATA. 



HYPOXYLON MUMMULARIUM. Bull P/. 468.y/>. 4. 



This fpccies is common in Kenfington Gardens. 

 The Rev. Mr. Kirhy, who fent me fine fpecimens from 

 Suffolk, fuggerted the name of S. decorticata., much 

 more applicahle than the ahove of Bulliard. I have 

 found it nearly covering llicks three or four feet long. 



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 SPH.^RIA ciRRHATA. Hoff. tab. d. Jig. i. 

 HYPOXYLON ciRRHATUM. Bull. PL ^^l-fig- 4- 



FoUXU occafionally in Kenfington Gardens and 

 I lornfey Wood. Moft of the fphicria difcharge a loofe 

 powder ; this difcharges a wax-like fuhfiance like fine 

 thread or tendrils, relembling vermicelli. 



