Fig. 2. AuRicuLARiA L.5:vis. 



FOUND on trees late in the autumn, not very com- 

 mon, and may poffibly be the remains of Auricularia 

 reflexa. The difference is, that the upper as well as 

 imder fide is fmooth. The whole is moilly of one co- 

 lour, of a purplifli brown. 



Fig. 3. Auricularia cinerea. 



NOT uncommon on rotting fallen branches very 

 late in the autumn, on their under fide, it fpreads 

 very much, and has moftly a brownifli margin. 1 he 

 middle generally is full of irregular protuberances, of 

 a greyifii colour, and fometimes very minutely feat- 

 tered with fmall whitifli fpots. 



T A B. CCCLXXXIX. 



Fig. i. PEZIZA sessiljs. 



Very fmall, with a white cottony outfide; fmooth- 

 ifh and whitifli within ; found on rotten fl:icks. 



Fig. 2. P. immeesa. 

 THIS was fent me by the Rev. Mr. Harriman. It is 

 diftinft from any thing I had before feen. It confifts 

 of fimple, roundifh, almoft globular cups, feemingly 

 of a leathery texture when dry, but tender when frelh. 

 They appear nearly fmooth on both fides, and are ge- 

 nerally funk in little holes in the earth, their upper 

 part being about level with its furface. 



Fig. 3. P. stercoraria ? Afcobolus furfuraceus Per- 

 foon. Myco. t. 4. /. 3. a. 3—6. 

 THIS is not often found with the feed-veffels fo di- 

 Ilin6t, which are of the peculiar ftru(5ture here deline- 

 ated, having eight feeds : thefe are projedled from them 

 to fome diltance, occafioned feemingly by their pro- 

 greffive ripening ; for the latter ones crowd and fwell, 

 fqueezing out the riper ones as they advance under 

 them. The variations of weather and conflruclion 



