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Head of the Mufhroom , and the Ground, it 
fe cures the Seed before the 1 Find’s Tower can 
affehl it, unlefs the fVind be high ; and, by an- 
other eajy Fall , enables it to lodge itfelf fafely 
in the Ground . 
c. The Tart of the Stem under-ground, from which 
the Fibres fboot , upon which the little Mufh- 
rooms, marked d, grow, appearing at fir ft but 
like a white Mouldinefs . 
Figure 3- 
a. b. Animalcules of the Maggot , or Fly-kind, found 
in the Head and Stems of Mufbrooms in a de- 
caying State. 
Figure 4. 
The Seed of the Mufhroom , as it appears through 
the Firft Magnifier. 
I have already trefpafled fo much upon your Time, 
and indeed, as it happens, my own, that I {hall leave 
feveral Observations upon this odd Plant, as to its 
Potatoe-like Propagation, and the Animalcules which 
inhabit it in its decaying State, to another Opportunity j 
and conclude myfelf, with real Efteem, 
SIR, 
Tour affured Friend, 
and moft humble Servant , 
R. Pickering, 
1 1 1 1 
T. S . 
