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and that in burnt pieces of the Clavaria dtgiiata 

 l^ Hypoxylon we difcovered none of that ftrong 

 hartfhorn fcent, peculiar to animal fubftances 

 when put in the fire, but a true vegetable 

 fmell. 

 Thefe obfervations are not however fufficient to 

 fuperfede ocular evidence, and therefore we 

 would willingly recommend it to the curious, 

 to fearch for that animal motion in our Britijb 

 Clavaria^ which Mr. Muller affirms to have 

 been feen in the Danijh. 



LYCOPERDON. Cen. pi 12 17. 



Fungus ivthrotundus, feminibus farinaceis repletis. 

 * Soli da fuhterranea ahff^ue radice. 

 iuber i; LYCOPERDON globofum folidum muricatum, 

 radice deftitutum. Sp. pi. 1653. (Tournefort 

 /. 2^^. Michel gen, pag. 221. tab. 102. opt.) 



Truffles. Subterraneous Puff-balls. Anglis. 



Found in the woods near Miggerney in Glen-lyon, 

 Penh/hire, by Mr. Menzies^ in grcateft perfec- 

 tion in autumn and winter. 



It is a fubterraneous Fungus, growing generally 

 in clufters three or four inches under ground, 

 without any viable root. The figure of it is 

 nearly fph^ricai, the fize that of a potatoe; 

 the exterior coat at firft white, afterwards 

 ^ black, ■ 



