io6S CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 



and the neck of tlie Fungus having no c'eter- 

 minate lenj'th. 



The natural color of the Puff- hall is either white, 

 grey, or afn-color'd -, but is fometimes found 

 yellowifn, tawny, and brown ifSi. 



1 he internal fpongy part of it, bound on to 

 wounds is edeeni'd good to (lop bleedings. 



Prefs'd and dry'd in an oven the rr.fT-baU be- 

 comes a kind of tinder, the fmoke of which is 

 faid to intoxicate bees. See Gent. Mug- anno 

 i;6'6, Jwy. 



The Italians fry the fird great variety, and in- 

 ' deed any of the oth.ers wh.cn young, and eat 



them v.'ith fait and oi!, according to the rela- 

 tion of Marfiglt. 



Ob3. The LYCCPERDON fidlatum. Lin. Sp, 



pi. 1653, we have not learnt has been yet found 



i in Scotland ; though it is very probable it may 



frrow tliere, as it has been difcovered in Sijoe-, 



den., which is farther to the North. 



*** Parc.fitiea in farinam fatijcentia, 

 tf'tdendrum L. cortice farinaque purpurea. Sp. pi. 1654, 

 3- (Buxb. cent. 5. p. 15. /. 29. /. 2. Scbceffcr. fur.g, 



t. 193. cpt. i^ foriaffe "oarietas t. 101^.) 

 Little led wood Puff-ball. Anglls. 

 Upon rotten wood, after rains, in autumn, and 

 fon^etimes in May, 



It 



