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difagree very much about it. The late Botanidsfeem to 
beef three different Sentiments concerning their Produce. 
Mr- Raj, Dr. Shm&r'd, Mr. Doodj > Bocconeand Mentzdius ~ 
having obferved fome Mufhrooms to have had Seed, were 
of opinion others might have the fame Original. Clnfius 
and 'John Baptifta Tort a had in fome alfo obferved their 
Seed : Others, viz,. S hr reck and the accurate MAlpigius, 
who could not find any Seed in them, ait ho' with the 
Affjdance of Microfcopes, did fuppofe they might be pro- 
duced by Pieces of themfelves, carried by the Winds from 
place to place, as other Plants are by Slips and Olfsetts. 
‘The third Opinion, which he fays molt agree in, is 
that they arife from Putrefaction, or a Mixture of cer- 
tain S^lts, Sulphur and Earth impregnated with the Dung 
of Beads. 
The Fungus fewinifer Campaniformis Mtntzeliz, &c, 
being the Mufhroon^ which fird gave the occafion of the 
Opinion of their having Seed, this nice Author has ac- 
curately figured and obierved, and fuppofes with others 
that thefe feedlike Bodies may be the Ovaria of fome in- 
fers ; and the rather becaufe they are fo very large in 
proportion to the fmallnefs of the Mujhroom : and that 
they had often been fowed by Dr. Amadoes a curious 
Bptanid, without any Succefs towards raifing them. 
From whence he concludes thefe Bodies ought to have 
another Denomination than Seed ; neither is he of the 
Opinion that they are produced by parts of themfelves. 
In his Divifionof Mufhrooms he fird tieacs of the Truffles 
and their Increafe, Situation and Soyl, Colour, Tad and 
Confidence: He next proceeds to foft Mufhrooms, fuch 
as he obferved in his own Garden; which having in the 
Spring been meliorated with Horfe- dung, about the mid- 
dle of June there fprung up divers of that fort which the 
Italians call Prataiuoli, amongd a Bed of Lettice. Thefe 
continued till near the midft of Augujl before they went 
I i i x off. 
