[o€S, CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 



and the neck of the Fungus having no deter- 

 minate length. 



The natural color of the Puff-hall is either white, 

 grey, or alh-color'd -, but is fomctimes found 

 yellowifh, tawny, and brownifh. 



'J he internal fpongy part of it, bound on to 

 wounds is cfteem'd good to flop bleedings. 



J*refs'd and dry'd in an oven the Pun-ball be- 

 comes a kind of tinder, the fmoke of which is 

 faid to intoxicate bees. See Gent. Mag. arm* 

 1766, July. 



The Italians fry the firfh great variety, and in- • 

 deed any of the others when young, and eat 

 them wkh fait and oil, according to the rela- 

 tion of Marftgli. 



Obs. The LYCOPERDON jidlatum. Lin. Sp, 

 pi 1653, we have not learnt has been yet found 

 in Scotland j though it is very probable it may 

 grow there, as it has been difcovered in Sue- 

 den., which is farther to the North. 



*** Parafiiica in farinam fattfce::tia. 

 epidendrun: L. cortice farinaque purpurea. Sp. pi. 1654. 

 3- (Biixh. cent. 5. p. 15. /. 29. /. 2. Scba-ffer. fiing. 



t. 193. opt. i^ fortaffe varietas t. ic^.) 

 Little led wood Puff-ball. Anglis. 

 Upon rotten wood, after rains, in autumn, and 

 fometimes in May. 



It 



