CRYPTOGAMIA FUXGI. 



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fpecimens have been gathered, weighing twenty- 

 five pouiids, and nieafuring two yards in cir- 

 cumference. This was defign'd in the follow- 

 ing figures. Sterb. fang. n. 28. e. Schivffer. 

 /. 1 9 1 . hon. Marfiglii Hijloria Fungi Carrarien- 

 fis. Fig. L II. 



But its more ordinary fize is that of a walnut or 

 an apple. See Schccffer. t. 184. /. 6, 7, c). £5* 

 tab. 294. /. I, 2j 3. 

 maculatum. 2. A fefrde kind, vyirh a very fliort neck, and a 

 reticiilared or ftellated fcaly furface. Schcffer, 

 '' t. luQ, I, 2, 3. c? tab. 190. Vaill. paris, 

 t. 16. f. 4. Michel t. 97./. 3. 



3. Pear-fliap'd, having a thick neck, and a cha- 

 grin'd or granulated furface. Schccjfer. /. 185, 

 67' 187, Vaill. Paris, t. 12. /. 15. 

 echlnatum. 4- Seflile, and nearly fphaerical; the furface echi- 

 nated with pyramidal warts, which are either 

 fimple, or compounded of four fiibu'ated con^ 

 verging points. Schccffer. t. 186. o tab. 184. 

 Michel, t. 97./. 5. 



5. With a thick cylindrical neck, the furface 

 echinated with pyramidal warts like the 4th. 

 Michel, t. ^y. f. I. Vaill. paris. t. 12./. 16. 



Thefe are the principal varieties, but they have 

 no limits, being frequently found to run into 

 one another ; the fcaly, warty, and echinated 

 coats turning fmooth as the plants grow old, 



and 



granula- 

 tiim. 



excipuU- 

 forme. 



