ciba'rium. 
CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Tuber. 
favoured me with the following specific character, from which 
the English character, given above, is taken. : 
SPH. cupressiformis sub-simplex, stipitata, capitulo conico. 
On decayed wood. Mr. Woopwarp. 
TUBER. Stemless; fleshy, solid, not becoming 
_ powdery, not opening at the top. 
Tus. (Buxr.) Globular, solid, warty ; without a root. 
Bull. 356—Mich. 102, Tuber—Gled. 5. 10, and 6.7-Tourn. 
$33—Matth. 544—Sterb. 32, the uppermost A.—Lonic. ii. 
15-F. B. iii. 849-—Dod, 486. 2-Lob. ic. ii. Tubera ; 
Ger. em. 1583. 8—Park. 1319. 30—Sterb. 32, the mid- 
dlemast A.~Ger. 1385. 3. 
Globular, of the size of a large plumb, whitish, rough with 
elevated dots, in the centre containing a brown powder like that 
of Lycoperdon Bovistz, but in small quantity, opening with a 
rent. Lawn, suec. 2.1281. It is found under the surface of the 
earth, at the depth of 4 or 5 inches. It has no proper root. 
Its colour dark, approaching to blackness. White within when 
young, but when old black with whitish veins. Buttiarp. — 
Truffles. Trubs. Under ground in high woods and pastures. 
On the Downs of Wiltshire, Hasppehie, and Kénk®2 => 
x é - Sept.— May. 
. 
Tos. (Butt.) Tawny white, without a root, but rooted 
"by its base: variously shaped, roundish, convex, 
hunched, somewhat wrinkled, solid, whitish. Dick- 
SON li, 26. | 
Bull. 404. : ; 
Two to 3 inches long, and about 2-3ds as much in width. 
A section of its inside shews very like a piece of Rhubarb. 
Butt. Half of it lying beneath the surface of the ground. 
Somewhat yellowish when dry. Nearly allied to ,L. Taber. 
Dickson. 
Lycop. gibbosum. Dickson. Woods. 
. Var. 2. Uniform, tanned leather colour within. _ 
About a fourth part buried; near 2 inches diameter ; surface 
knobby and pitted; hairy in the pits ; substance uniform, like 
cork, colour not variegated. ‘The whole mass perforated by 
stems of grass, so that it must have been above ground ina soft 
_ state. I suspect it will prove to be a distinct species. — 
“Under a Spanish chesnut tree, in Edgbaston Park. Aug: 
* This is one‘of the esculent Funguses, and one of the best of them- 
Dogs are taught to huntit, and when they scent it they bark alittle and 
begin to scratch up theearth. Pigs likewise in ltaly root it up, and then 
an attendant takes it from them. : 
