TAB. CCCCXXIV. 



BOLETUS RESUPINATUS. 



J^OUND under an open shed at Battersea, August, 1804. 

 The singular pink coloured vermicular appearance of the 

 pores attracted notice, and the pileus being strongly rooted 

 in the ground appeared equally strange. Such pores as 

 were rounder were inversely tiled in order next the other?, 

 and the pileus was more or less interspersed with largish 

 holes in the whiter thicker substance. The piece at the 

 bottom is a little enlarged, to show the shallow, somewhat 

 labyrinthiform pores, and the pileus white and irregularly 

 thickened. 



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TAB. CCCCXXV. 



LYCOPERDON capsuliferum. 



This may not strictly correspond with the Generic Charac- 

 ter of Lycoperdon, (oi)cning at the top, seeds fixed to fila- 

 ments connected with the inner coat of the Fungus or plant). 

 It is tlie only specimen I have seen, and was apparently 

 broken, yet the top appeared to be tender, and to become 

 naturally softer than the other parts^, as the capsules seemed 

 to be dissolved, losing their character and becoming powder. 

 It was, however, strong and very rugged, but the congeries 

 of seeds, if I may so call them, were enveloped or compressed 

 into forius laying by each other, giving a reticulated appear- 

 ance in some directions, being mostly rather oblong, and of a 

 dark brown colour. The smaller part towards the base is 

 of a yellowish hue, and looks like pollen bursting from some- 

 thing analogous to anthers, thus it reminds us of a fig, which 

 includes two sorts of fructification. With a very high power 

 the woolly seed-like appearances at Fig. d. presented them- 

 selves, towards the top they were least distinct, seeming more 

 powdery, in the middle most distinct, and below less ripe. 



The late Mr. Jackson found this curious specimen on the 

 top of Highgate Hill, about ten Years since. I know of no 

 Genus that quite corresponds with this, but as in general 

 contour it resembles Lycoperdon, I expect it would most 

 likely be looked for under that title, and may remain in that 

 Genus for the present. It has, however, been figured under 

 the title Pisolithus arenarius, Fungi Niskiensis de Alberti 

 XVII. 82. 



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TAB. CCCCXXVI. 



TUBER MoscHATUM. Bulliard. 

 Gathered by MissFanshaw in Nork Park, near Epsom. 

 As it seems to be the same as Bulliard's, and not knowing it 

 otherwise, I am glad to add it to the list of British Fungi. 

 It differs from Tuber album, E. F. 310, in being less smooth 

 and black, and from Tuber cibarium, E. F. 309, in being 

 destitute of ornamental corrugations. The cut figure shows 

 the seeds ripening, the darker part the seeds more ripe and 

 spreading over the surface. 



