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ber on Bewick-common, in Glendale. I alfo met with it at High- 

 Moralee, near7F<zr, in Tynedak. I took off the figure of its tefTel- 

 lated head with the Thurfton-c\xy, which fliews it to great exaft- 

 nefs. The pedicle is ftiort and thick. The head is convex, live 

 inches in diameter, with decp/n>, cracks, or clefts, refembling 

 a teffellated or reticular work. The Alveoli, tubules, or pores 

 underneath are fquare, and of an umbre-colour. Cut through 

 tranfverfely, their form is confpicuous. 



The pores or tubules of this kind of mufhromes cannot be 

 feparated from the crown or upper part. 



26. Bright 'white efculent MuJJjrome, 'with long aculeated Sptnnules 

 underneath, and a tall pedicle fo). On the upper part of the bank 

 of wood oppofite to the rectory-den at Simonburn, in September, 

 fparingly. It is intirely of a bright white. The pedicle is two- 

 or three inches long. The head is from two to three inches in 

 diameter. It has a fine fmooth Ikin, and changes to a yellowilh- 

 white in drying. 



27. Pale yelloiv efculent MuJIirome, 'with aculeated Spinnules under- 

 neath, and a foort thick pedicle (p). In the fame bank, in Auguft, 

 plentifully. The pedicle is fhort and thick, of a yellowifh-white. 

 The head is two or three inches in diameter, of a pale yellow, 

 It grows both fmgle, and in groups. The heads of the firfl are 



(o) Fungus pene candidus prona parte erinaceus. /. B. iii. p. 828. Raj. Hift. i. p. 108. 

 Syn. iii. p. II. n. 6. Hift. Oxon. p. 637. Erinaceus efculentus albus craflus. Michel. 

 Gen. PI. p. 132. t. 72. f. 2. Hall. Helv. p. 31. n. i. 



(p) Erinaceus efculentus pallide luteus. Michel. Gen. PI. p. 132. 1.72. f. 3. Hall. 

 Helv. p. 32. n. 2. Erjnaceus colons pallide lutei. Dill. GiiT. p. 188. t. i. Fungus eri- 

 naceus. Vaiil. Bot. Paris, p. 58. 



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