CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 1065 



black, and fludded wlrh pyramidical or poly- 

 hedrons tubercles •, the internal fubftance folid 

 and callous, of a dirty-white or pale-brown 

 color, grain'd like a nutmeg with Terpentine 

 lines; in which, according to iWrV/A^//, are im- 

 bedded minute oval capfules, containing each 

 from two to four round warted feed';. 



The TrufHcs of Gre<2t Britain feldom exceed 

 three or four ounces in weight ; but in lialy, 

 and feme other parts of the continent, they are 

 faid to have been found of the enormous fize 

 of eight and even fourteen pounds. 



They are received at our tables, either frelh and 

 roafted li.ve potatoes, or dry'd and fliced into 

 ragouts. 



They have a volatile and fomewhat urinous fmell, 



• and are reputed to be aphrodifiacal. 



Dogs are with much pains taught to hunt for them 

 by the fcent, and to fcratch up the ground 

 under which they lie. 



** Piiheruknta, radicata^ fupra terrp,m. 

 L. fubrotundum, lacerato-dehifcens. Sp.pl. 1653. 

 (Michel, gen. t. ^']' fig- omnes. Vaill. par is. 

 t. 12. fig. 15, 16. cff tah. 16. fig. 4, 5, 6, 8. 

 ^chceffer.tah. 184—187. £f? 189 — 191. ^ 294, 

 295. omnes bona cum multis varietatibus.) 

 Common Puff-ball. AngHs, 



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