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LEPIOTA 6. Par a/it ica nivea, confer tim en at a, & fuperne excavata, 



limbo oblique reflexo. 



An, Fungus Ramofus maximus, Mich. t. 79. f. 1. 



The white tufted oblique Mufhroom. 





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This fpecies of the Lepiota is very common after every heavy rain, and grows g 



ally on the decaying trunks of the hog-plum, and cotton-trees 



it is the 



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that is in ufe here : and when wafhed and pounded, is fometimes boiled with beef 



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hich they really give a very delicate and agreeable flavour, fo as to be 



generally pleating to all forts of palat 





POCILLARIA Lanuginof a fuperne cava, obverfe conic a, externe lamei/ata. 



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The downy Pocillaria lamellated on the outfide of the cup. 





See Tab. III. 



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I have found a few fpecimens of this plant in the road to Sixteen-mile Walk. It is 

 very rare in Jamaica, and eafily diftinguifhed from the Lepiota by its peculiar form, 

 though the outfide of the cup is lamellated from the fhank to the rim or margin, 

 which generally reflects a little, as in moft of that genus. It is made in the form of 

 a wine-glafs ; is obverfely conic and hollow at the top, with a flender foot-ftalk be 

 low : It is very much like thofe reprefented in Micheli, tab. 73. f. 4. 

 always fimple in this ipecies. 



but the ftalK is 





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Of the impeliolated Mujhrooms ; or fuch as rife above the Surface 



of the Ground without any diflinSi Foot-fialks. 



Cletri a 



Rubella major odorata & obverfe ovata. 



Mich. T. 93. f. 1. 



The flefli coloured Cletria with a ftrong fmell. 





This curious mufhroom is found fometimes in Jamaica : it is of a 

 texture when frefh, hollow within, and furnifhed With large rhomboidal apertures, 



lax fpungy 



dilpofed in an oblique direction in every part . It is of a rofy colour and rank fmell. 



LYCOPERDON 



1. Minus globofum petiolo brevifjimo velnullo don a turn. 



The fmallerLycoperdon. 



LYCOPERDON 2. Ma jus fubrotundum albidum. 



The larger Lycoperdon. 



Both thefe fpecies are frequent in Jamaica ; they grow from a few flringy roots, 

 and are found in all the lower lands, and paflures, after every heavy rain. 



C Y A T H I A Aperta minor obverse conica, corpufculis comprejfis nigricantibus, 



Cyathoides. Mich. t. 102. f. 1. a. 



The fmaller fmooth Cyathia with black compreffed fhining 



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