CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 1043 



The prickles on the under fide are very fmall and 

 numerous, and of a grey or whitilli color. 



The feeds, when magnified, appear perfedly 

 fphaerica!. 



PHALLUS. Gen. pi 12 12. 

 Fungus fupra reticulatus, fubtus l^vis. 

 tfcukntusi. PHALLUS pileo ovato cellulofo, ftipite nudo 

 rugofo. Sp. pi. 1648. (Fungus favaginofus. 

 Ger. emac. pag. 1583. Sterb. fung. tab, lo. bon, 

 Michel, gen. p. 203. /. 84 ts? ^^. Batarra. 

 fung. t. 2i fig> H. Oeder, Dan. t. 52- ^'^^' 

 Schceffer. t. 199, 298, 299, 300. opt.) 

 Efculent Morel. Anglis. 

 . ;In woods, in the fpring feafon, not unfrequent, 

 :,.- . as at Blair in Athol^ in. the woods at hanghohi 

 in EJJcdak, and in Logicn wood near Dalkeith^ 

 &c. V. 

 The fubftance, when recent, is wax-like and 

 friable. The color a whitifh-yellow, turning 

 r". , browniili in decay. The height of the whole 

 Fungus about four or five inches. 

 The ftalk is thi^k and clumfy, fomewhat tube- 

 rous at the bafe, and hollow in the middle. 

 The Tileus is either round or conical, at a me- 

 dium about the fize of an egg, often much 

 larger, hollow within, its bafe united to the 

 ftalk, and its furface cellular, or latticed with 



irregular finufes. 



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