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roots and lower parts of the bodies of trees ; especially of elders, and 
sometimes ashes. It hath a strange property ; for in warm water 
it swelleth, and openeth extremely. It is not green but of a dusky 
brown colour. And it is used for squinancies and inflamations in 
the throat ; thereby it seemeth to have a mollifying and lenifying 
virtue. 
555. — There is a kind of spungy excrescence which groweth 
chiefly upon the roots of the laser-tree ; and sometimes upon 
cedar, and other trees. It is very white, and light, and friable ; 
which we call agaric. It is famous in physic for the purging of 
tough phlegm. And it is also an excellent opener for the liver; 
but offensive to the stomach : and in taste it is at first sweet, and 
after bitter. 
R. B. C. 
AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 
By M. C. Cooke. 
( Continued from p. 64.J 
Ord. II. Polyporei, Fr. 
Gen. 1. Boletus, Dill. 
Bol. pachypus, Fr. Hym. Eur.,p. 506 ; Sverig. Svamp. t. 68. 
Queensland. 
Bol. marginatus, Brum. Berk. Hook. Journ., 1845. 
W. Australia. 
Bol. infractus, Fr. PI. Preiss, p. 134. 
W. Australia. 
Bol. subtomentosus, Fr. Hym. Fur., p. 503: Schceff. Icon. 1. 12. 
N. S. Wales. 
Bol. csesarius, Fr. PI. Preiss, p. 134. 
W. Australia. 
Bol. subsimilis, Preiss. Fr. PI. Preiss, p. 134. 
W. Australia. 
Bol. ananoeceps, Berk. Linn. Journ. xm., 161. 
Victoria, Queensland. 
Bol. arenarius, Fr. PI. Preiss, p. 134. 
W. Australia. 
Bol. napipes, Muell. Linn. Journ. xm., 161. 
Victoria. 
Bol. alliciens. Berk. Hook. Journ., 1845, 50. 
W. Australia. 
Bol. fructicicola, Berk. Hook. Journ, vi., 574. 
Tasmania. 
