excipuliforme. The ftem is fometimes lacunated, 

 whence Bulliard's Lycoperdon lacunofus, £?<:. tab. 52. 

 We have feen the plant in this laft ftate growing 

 in woods, but we fufped the furrows to have been 

 eaten by fome fpecies of Limax when the fungus was 

 young. Both this and the laft plant renew their outer 

 coats after being wounded. The cellular part affords 

 fome powder, though very little in proportion to the 

 general cavity above, which powder, as in the preced- 

 ing fpecies, is attached in immenfe quantities to mi- 

 nute libres. Tli&JJelLr are fometimes formed in regular 

 points, three or more, fpreading or coming together, 

 varying from a perfect white to a deep black. Large 

 fpecimens of this are called Lycoperdon maxhnut?i in 

 Schasffer, tab. 191. 



TAB. CCCXXXIII. 

 CLAVARIA ACUTA. 



1 HAVE found this plant often, moftly growing 

 folitary, varying very much in fize. The upper 

 part is always Iharply conical, fomewhat opaque and 

 mealy. The ftipes is partly tranfparent, and cylin- 

 drical, about the fame length as the head. The root 

 is compofed of a few fmall fibres. Of the many I 

 have feen, I did not pferceive that it grew from decay- 

 ing or putrid Larva. 



T A B. CCCXXXIV. 

 CLAVARIA OBTUSA. 



1 HIS curious little parafite is found on Fern-ftalks 

 in autumn, either on the upright growing plant or 

 the decaying remains of it. We have found it vary- 

 ing a little ; fee fig. i and 2. Fig. i. has a fmoother 

 head than fig. 2, the head of which is nearly fimilar 

 to a Spbceria, and its ftalk when magnified is a little 

 hairy. They are both folid, and of a fomewhat fri- 

 able texture, but in drying become a little horny. 



T A B. CCCXXXV. 

 CLAVARIA BYssoiDEs. 



r* OUND on old flumps of trees m Kenfington 

 Gardens and other places, not un frequently. Its 

 delicate whitenefs will fometimes help to dift:inguifli 

 it. The branched ftems form irregular intricate tufts, 

 refembling a B\iin{S., or rather a minute Coral. 



