OF TREES AND PLANTS. 297 



very fmall, thin, and nutant, of a bright white. The gills are 

 fine, and clofe. 



Thefe j4uriculate-mu{hromes, with gills, are all fixed to the 

 trees, or decayed ftalks of plants, horizontally, by a kind of pe- 

 dicle, in fome fo fmall as to be almoft imperceptible* 



32. The great dujky yellow Mufhrome, 'with Tubules underneath, and 

 a tall, thick, bulbous pedicle (k), is frequent in woods, in autumn. 

 On being cut, and the wound held up to the fun, the fluid gives 

 all the colours, in its changes, of the rainbow. It is tin6torial 

 and gives a purple to linen *. It is faid to be efculent, and not 

 unfrequent at the Italian tables f. We are told by Linnets that 

 Cows eat it, but that it makes their milk naufeous J. 



23. The reddi/h-brOnvn Mujhrome, with yetloiv Tubules underneath* 

 and a Jlender anulated pedicle (IJ, is lefs common. I obferved it, in 

 its mature ftate, at the upper end of the rectory-wood at Simon- 



(k) Suillus efculentus crafius, fupcrne fulvus, inferne initio albidus, dein ex flavo fubvi- 

 refcens, pediculo ventricofo, & fupernae ^.parti pilei concolore. Michel. Gen. PI. p. 127. 

 Fungus porofus craflus. Raj.Syn. iii. p. n. n. 2. Boletus magnus Julii Menfis. Dill. 

 Gifl". p. 188. Suillus fulvus inferne ex flavo virefcens. Hall. Helv. p. 29. fequenti optima 

 defcriptione. 



" Varia diverfis temporibus fabrica eft. Pediculus juniori bulbofus, adulto longior, & 

 " gracilior, modo terreus, modoex fanguineo varius. Pileolus plerumquefigura coni trun- 

 " cati, fuperne fulvus, aut leoninus, aut terreus, vel glaber, vel elegantur reticulatus bi- 

 '* color. Facies inferior in juniori flava cum virofe, adultiori terrea & inelegantior. Semper 

 " Vero mollis caro eft, pori laceri ; ampli, pediculus abfque anulo." 



* Ph. Tr. No. 110. f Michel, 1. c. J Flo. Oeconom. 



(1) Boletus luteus. Dill. Giff. p. 18. t. 10. n. i. Fungus Cent. v. p. 7. t. 14. Suil- 

 lus anulatus terreus inferne flavefcens. Hall. Helv. p. 29. 



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