CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 1069 



It is nearly of a ipha;rical form, about the fize 

 of a pea, growing fcffile, and commonly feve- 

 ral together near each other. 



When young it is of a red color, fofc and fiiccu- 

 lent, and full of a thick faffron liquor, which 

 in decay turns to a fpongy dovv'n, either of an 

 orange or a fuicous color, intcrmix'd with a 

 fine powder. 



The coat confiils of a thin double membrane, and 

 burfts irregularly. 



gpiphyllum L. aggregatum parafiticum, ore mulcifido lacero, 

 4' pulvere fulvo. Sp. pi. 1635. (Trichia Haller. 



Hift. Hehet. n. 2168 ? Tab. 48./. 7. 

 Little yellow parafitic Puff-ball. Anglis. 

 Upon dead leaves, mofs, and rotten wood. X.— 

 IV. 

 ;,_ It is about the fize of a pin's head, fedde, many 



together, often touching one another. They 

 are of a yellow color, full of elaftic down in- 

 , _- • " termix'd with powder. The coat or rind is 



very thin, and burlls irregularly. We have 

 ^- ' ■ obferv'd them of various figures, kidney-fhap'd, 

 ■' _ fphterical, and pear-Hiap'd. Perhaps they arc 



diftind: fpecies. 



ninum 5. ^-' aggregatum parafiticum fphasricum, ore inte- 

 gro. — Nova fpecies. (Vid. Jig. noji.) 



"'■ ' Little 



