336 CRYPTOGAMIA//FUNGT\Auricularias 
Bull..402. : i 
It-varies greatly in size according to its age, from 1 to 4 of 
5 inches over. When young the-edges are fringed, when old 
scolloped and lobed “The upper surface is greyish white, the 
under buff coloured and cellular. Bunirarp. ; 
“Mr. Rosson, of Darlington, authcrizes-me to insert this as 
an English species. : 
- On the eying trunks of trees, é 
corticadlis. Aur. (Buiu.) Leather-like thin, smooth, white above, 
pale brown underneath, ah 
Bull, 436. 1. 
Spreading flat on the dead sticks to which it adheres ; brown 
white, soft to the touch, pitted or pustular almost like some of the 
foliated Lichens.. The pile on the under surface by which it 
adheres, brownish. The edges turn up on every side, so that 
when its figure is circular it appears raised and fixed by its cen- 
tre like a stemless Peziza. The circular pieces from } to inch 
jiameter: the oblong ones from-Z an inch or more in width, to 
5 or 6 inches in length. 
On decaying peasticks lying on the ground, not uncommon. 
Aug. 
phylac’ teris. AUR. Biennial ; membranaceous, soft, smooth, curled or 
pies at the base: yellow white, changing to dark | 
brown. as 
Bull. 436. Qe . : ae She eg : 
Grows at the roots of trees, sometimes on’stones, spreading — 
ae over and clasping them, but without any adherence by fibres. It 
varies much in form, extending some’ inches in length and in 
breadth; its edges fringed. When young it is pale straw co- 
lour, dark brown when older, and at. length brown. black, But- 
BIARD. © 5 : § ; ee : = 
Found by Mr. Relhan in Madingley wood. Sept. 
_ Var. 2. Red brown, with darker veins, - me ae 
._ Batsch. 121—FI. dan. 1198. erm 
This plant was first shewn to me by Mr. Norris, who found 
it growing on sandy banks upon a heath near Bromham. It has 
ahard woody root or knot, from whence it expands in the shape 
Of a fan, to the extent of 3 of an inch. The substance is hard 
and stiff when dry, but readily imbibes moistuze and instantly — 
-comes as soft and pliable as wetted glove leather. The 
surface is much puckered and knotted, the under side marked 
with woody nerves radiating from the root, but rather laid upon — 
the surface than imbedded in the substance. ‘The plant is of a 
dull reddish brown, the woody nerves very dark brown. In 
time it becomes reversed, and ihe ends and smaller bragghes of 
