CRYPTOGAMIA fungi. . 1057 



a fomewhat leathern and fpongy fubftance, 

 longitudinally wrinkled on the furface, gnd co- 

 vered with a bloom-like powder. The feeds 

 are oval. 



It grows fingle, and when old it becomes hol- 

 low ; the head truncated or deprefs'd. 



Linnc-eus confiders it as a variety of the preced- 

 ing ; but its fubftance, habit, color, and fize, 

 feem to indicate it a diftinct fpecies, and we 

 have the refpedable name of Haller to coun- 

 tenance us in this opinion. 



vermkuk' C. lumbriciformis ochrolenca. — Gkdit. fung. faf, 

 3' 30. ». //. Haller. Hehet. n. 2202. ScopoL 



Carniol. n. 1623. edit. 2. Michel gen. tab. By. 

 f. 12, Jr3. et ejus varietas. Fat 11. Par. t. 8. 

 /. 2.) 

 Single taper Clavaria. AngUs> 

 ■ - In woods and paftures in the autumn. 



it is about two inches high, generally thickefl in 

 the middle, and taper at the ends -, often lon- 

 gitudinally wrinkled •, of a yellow or flraw co- 

 lor, and a fuet-like friable fubilance. 

 It grows either fingle or in cluflers, and is fome- 

 times, but very rarely, divided or forked. 

 p. A variety of this, (or perhaps a dillind: fpecies) 

 was communicated to us by Dr. Parfons^ grow-. 

 ■ * ing out of the branch of a living tree. 



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