TAB. CCXIV. 

 AURICULARIA pulverulenta. 



r IRST found by the Rev. Mr. Watts on the whitened 

 fir-beams in the wall of an out-houfe at Alliill, Nor- 

 folk, in December 1798. Mr. D. Turner has fince 

 communicated fome from Yarmouth, found in a fimi- 

 lar fituation. The fubftance is like the Dryrot, or 

 Boletus lachrymans, Eng. Fung. tab. 113. It protrudes 

 umbilically in concentric circles, emitting a fnuff-co- 

 loured powder, nearly with the fame regularity. The 

 upper edges of the back, detaching themfelves from 

 the wall, and hanging over, forms the top. 



T A B. CCXV. 



CLAVARIA ARDENIA. 



X HIS curious plant was gathered by Lady Arden, 

 in Nook Park, near Epfom, November 29, 1798, who 

 favoured me with fpecimens. It is certainly an en- 

 tirely new botanical acquifition. It grows parafitically 

 on rottmg hazel fticks, fpringing from the under fide 

 half an inch or more under the earth among decaying 

 foliage. The bafe is woolly, the ftipes tomentofe, and 

 at the bottom fiftulofe and cylindrical. The head di- 

 lates upwards, and in the younger plants is fomewhat 

 pointed and covered with a lightifii mealy powder. 

 In the more advanced ftate it becomes truncated, and 

 covered with a browner powder, fplitting longitudi- 

 nally in decay. Its whole duration fhould feem to be 

 about a week. 



