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a fafpicion,that the peculiar conftitntfoD of the y//> in that 
Larder, and at that time, may as well deferve to be takeu 
into confideration, as the pecaliar nature of the Animali 
whofe flefli did Ihine^ is a queftion^ that I, who have fcarce 
time to name it, muft not prefume to do any more than 
name. And therefore as foon as I have begg'd your par- 
don for this tedious though hafty krible, I lhall without 
Ceremony fubfcribe my felf, 
A Defcriptionof an odd kind of Muflirom, yeilding a Milky 
Juice, much hotter upon the tongue than Pepper^ 6cc. Obferved 
by Lifters and by him communicated to the PubhJher^Ho* 
vemb. 15, 1677^ 
THe 18 of Jugujlh^ I palTed through Marton vjoods, 
under Pinna-moor in Craven : In thefe Woods I then 
found an infinite number of Mujhroms , fome withered, and 
others new-fprung and flouriihing» They were of a large 
fize, (omethiog bigger than the Ordinary red-gilled eatable 
Muflbrom or Champignon, and very much of their (hape, 
that is, wi(h a perfeftly round Captor Stool (as we vulgar- 
ly call it, ) thickin fleili and with open Gills underneath 5 . 
having a thickyflelhy^ rjot-hollow, and round Foot ftalk> 
©f about 6 fingers breaddi high above ground, and ordi- 
narily as thick as my thumb* If you cut any part of this 
Mufhrom^ ic will bleed exceeding freely aMilk-white Juice^ 
concerning which note / i,That this Milky Juice tafts CDuch 
hotter upon the tongue than Pepper* 2. That it is not clam- 
my to the touch. g^That the Air does not much difcolour 
itjor the blade of a knife 5 as is ufual with moft Vegetable 
JiiiGe?.4,That it became in the^glafs^ violj drew it into^ fud* 
denly concrer and ftiff, and did in fome daies dry into a 
firm Cake, s.That k then alfojwhen well dricdj retained iis 
fierce biting taft and white colour* 
Further, I obferv'd thefe Mufliroms jfull of Juicej not to 
be endured wpon our tongues^to abound with-Rlyrmaggors. 
