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fpots, a little raifed. In another fungus, a 
fpecies of agaric, after the curtain was torn, 
and the hat pretty fully expanded, with the 
gills turned yellow, he found the upper part 
of the ftcm beginning to be tinged by a brown 
powder, ilied from the gills. On examina- 
tion he did not fcruple to pronounce this 
brown powder to be the feeds, and that it 
proceeded from the larger fpots, that he had 
before obferved in the gills ; the two folds of 
which now readily feparated. He afTerts, 
that he has uniformly found in the genera of 
agaricus and boletus the globules, which he 
believes to be (lam ens, either on their upper or 
inner furface. In thofe agarics, which have 
neither curtain nor ring, : thefe globules, with 
their threads, are placed upon the item. • 
Having given a fketch of the modern dif- 
coveries in thefe obfcure vegetables, the out- 
ward habits and fc rupture of the fungus tribe 
maybe examined; and from the variety iri 
thefe circumftances the ftudcnt may endea- 
vovfr to gain fome knowledge of the characters 
of the different genera. The refearches of 
Hedwig having, been made with glafTes of 
highly magnifying powers, the parts which 
lie has difcov.ered can never ferve for the 
5 O 3 diftinction 
