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original is much better than the plate, without any of its unnatural 
rmali oth figures are varied a little from the original. On 
the drawing is written ‘‘Phallus.”’ 
idd*- Vauxhall South Lambeth in the way to Kingston and 
plenty in petersham park and wherever I went.” On the back of 
this drawing is a pencil sketch of a moderately large example, with 
a note, ‘‘ Sept. 20, 1795 on an oak in Kensington of a fortnights 
growth from a button.” The “ button”? is outlined 8 in. diameter. 
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under fistules the female.” On both drawings are details of the 
separate tubes, with the note, ‘like plush velvet,’ and ‘Boletus 
Hippaticus.”’ 
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ginal sheets for this, one with a careful section of a young plant, 
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‘*6 inches over’’; elsewhere, «“ pleasant campestris tas 
is a supplementary sketch on the back of one sheet. 
62, Acaricus (PLeuRorus) suspatmatus Fr. This is a made-up 
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notes are on the drawings, referring to the flesh: “A watery 
pith-like texture,” and “Tast very bitter at the tongues end, did 
not try further,” and ‘The end of some gills split, the powdery 
particles adhering or emitting.” 
66. Hycropnorus ovinus Sow. The original of this is much 
paler in colour, and contains two additional figures, with the note, 
«Stipes generally compressed owing to the tenderness of the 
inside.” 
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