CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 



1067 



excJpuU- 

 forme. 



fpecimens have been gathered, weighing twenty- 

 five pounds, and n:ieafuring two yards in cir- 

 cumference. This was defign'd in the follow- 

 ing figures. Sierb. fung. n. 28, e, Schcsffer, 

 t. 191. hon. Marfiglii Hijloria Fungi Carrarien- 

 fts. Fig. I. ". '^ 

 But its more ordinary fize is that of a walnut or 

 an apple. See Schccffer, t. 184. /. 6, 7, 9. C^ 

 tab. 294. /. I, 2, 3. 



2. A feil'ile kind, with a very fliort neck, and a 

 reticulated or ftellated fcaly furface. Schafer. 



t. 189, I, 2, 3. ^ tab. 190. Vaill. paris. 

 t. 16. f. 4. Michel t. 97./. 3. 



3. Pear-fhap'd, having a thick neck, and a cha- 

 grin'd or granulated furface. Schccffer. t. 1S5, 

 £5" 187, Vaill. paris. t. 12. /. 15. 



4. Seflile, and nearly fphsrical j the furface echi- 

 nated with pyramidal warts, which are either 

 fimple, or compounded of four fubulated con-- 

 verging points. Schccffer. t. 186. '^ tab^ 184. 

 Michel, t. ^1. f. 5. 



5. "With a thick cylindrical neck, the furface 

 echinated with pyramidal warts like the 4th. 

 Michel, t. ^y. f. I. Vaill. pa-ris. t. 12./. 16. 



Thefe are the principal varieties, but they have 

 no limits, being frequently found to run into 

 one another -, the fcaly, warty, and echinated 

 coats turning fmooth as the plants grow old, 



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