CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 1047 



the ridiculous name of Ghojl's, and Demon's 

 Eggs, and that they colled and dry them either 

 in ttie fmoke or ooen air, and when reduced 

 to powder, ule them in a glafs of fpirits as an 



cphrodifiac. 



HELVELLA. Gen.pl. 1214. 



Fungus turbinatus. 



mitra i. H. pileo deflexo adnato lobato difformi. Sp. pi. 



1649. (Michel, gen. t. 86. /. 7. Jujfieu. A5i. 



Acad. Paris. A. 1728. //. p. 380. /. 15. bene. 



Batarra, t. 11. f. G. Scbceffer. t. 154, 162, and 



282. opt.) ' 



Curled Helvella. Anglis. 



In woods, not unfrequent in the autumn, and 



fometimes in fpring. 

 The llalk is two or three inches high, a finger 

 thick or more, irregular, hollow, deeply fur- 

 rowed, often full of holes or finufes, and gene- 

 " ' rally of a white color. 



V The Pileus is dcflex'd, and commonly divided 



into curled or folded lobes, which adhere to 

 the ftalk, but is extremely irregular and vari- 

 able, and has neither gills nor pores. 

 Its color is generally a yellowifli-white, fometimes 

 fufcous, livid, or black-purple. The fubftance 

 is wax-like and friable, the furface foft like fat- 

 tin. The feeds oval. 



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