LETTERS TO MERRETT. 6 1 



turret, top of a cupola or Lanterne of a building & so 

 might bee named fungus pterygoides, pinnacularis or 

 Lanterniformis you may name it as you please. The 

 second fungus Ligneus teres Antliarum or fungus ligu- 

 laris longissimus consisting [of crossed oici\ or made of 

 many wooddy strings about the bignesse of round 

 poynts or Laces some about half a yard long shooting 

 in a bushie forme from the trees wch serue vnderground 

 for pumpes I have obserued diuers especially in 

 norwich where wells are sunck deep for pumpes. 



The fungus phalloides found not farre from norwich 

 large & very fetid answering the description of Hadri- 

 anus Junius I have a part of one dryed by mee. 



Fungus rotundus maior I haue found about x inches 

 in Diameter & half \sic, have ?] half a one dryed by mee. 



Another small paper containes the rude draughts of 

 fibulae marinae pellucidae, \_see Note 90] or sea buttons a 

 kind of squalder & referring to vrtica marina which I 

 haue obserued in great numbers by yarmouth after a 

 flood & easterly winds. They resemble pure crystall 

 buttons chamfered or welted on the sides with 2 small 

 holes at the ends. They cannot bee sent for the 

 included water or thinne gelly soon runneth from them. 



Vrtica marina minor jonstoni \see Note 90] I haue 

 often found on this coast. [Continued on fol. 39 verso?^ 



Physsalus \see Note 89] I haue often found also I 

 haue one dryed but it hath lost its shape & colour. 



Galei & caniculae \see Note 56] are often found I 

 haue a fish hanged up in my yard of 2 yards long taken 

 among the Herrings at yarmouth which is the Canis 

 carcharias alius Johnstoni. Tab. vi fig. 6. 



Lupus marinus you mention upon an handsome 

 experiment butt I find it not in the catalogue. This 

 Lupus marinus or Lycostomus is often taken by our 

 seamen wch fish for cods I haue had diuers brought 

 mee. they hang up in many howses in Yarmouth. 



