CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 1047 



the ridiculous name of GhoJi'Sy and Damon*s 

 Eggs, and that they colleft and dry them either 

 in the fmoke or open air, and when reduced 

 to powder, ufe them in a glafs of fpirits as an 

 aphrodifiac. 



HELVELLA. Gen.:pl. 1214. 

 Fungus turbinatus. 



H. pileo deflexo adnato lobato difrormi. Sp. pi, 

 i6^g. (Michel, gen. t. 86. /. 7, JuJJieu. A5i, 

 Acad. Paris. A. 1728. //. />. 380. /. i^- bene, 

 Batarra. U II. f, G. Schcsffer. L.154., 162, and 

 282. opL) 



Curled Helvella. Anglis, 



In woods, not unfrequent in the autumn, and 

 fomctimes in fpring. 



The flalk is two or three inches high, a finger 

 thick or more, irregular, hollow, deeply fur- 

 rowed, often full of holes or finufes, and gene- 

 rally of a white color. 



The Pileus is deflex'd, and commonly divided 

 into curled or folded lobes, which adhere to 

 the flalk, but is extremely irregular and vari- 

 able, and has neither gills nor pores. 



Its color is generally a yellowilh- white, fometimes 

 fufcous, livid, or black-purple. The fubitance 

 is wax-like and friable, the furface foft like fat- 

 tin. The feeds oval. 



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