TAB. CCXCVL 



SPH^RIA SUBCORTICALIS. 



X HIS is fituated above the /i^er or inner bark, and 

 adheres to the cortex or outer bark, piercing it with 

 its neck, the mouth fpreading into the cuticle or 

 epidermis. It is not uncommon on rotten flicks. In 

 drying, the fpecimens become depreffed or even con- 

 cave at the bottom. 



TAB. CCXCVII. 



SPH^RIA FLORIFORMIS. 



I FOUND this curious Spharia on a hornbeam on 

 Hainault foreft. It is moft readily diftinguiflied by the 

 plaited and flower-like appearance at the mouth. 



TAB. CCXCVIII. 



RHIZOMORPHA dichotoma. 



Jl HIS fort of vegetation feems to avoid the light, 

 growing immured between the wood and bark of ti ees, 

 in cellars, &c. ; the prefent fpecimen was difcovered 

 many fathoms under ground, in the level of a copper- 

 mine, by Mr. Crofthwaite. The fpecimens fent me 

 from Durham by his friend the Rev. Mr. Harriman 

 were fome of them above 6 feet long, and indicating 

 an almoft endlefs length, as they were very little 

 diminifhed in the diameter from the thickell to the 

 thinneft end 1 find nothing like root. It feems to 

 adhere by a tenacious quality. 



