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Vi An Account of a new Species of Fungus, 
by John Marty n, F. R. S. Prof Bot. Can- 
tab. communicated in a Fetter to the Pre- 
lid ent. 
Read Jan. 24. v n the latter Part of the Summer of the 
1 744*4* Year 1744, Mx.Ehret the Painter brought 
me a Fungus of a very extraordinary Shape and Size, 
which had been found growing on a Piece of the 
Trunk of an Elm, in a damp Cellar in the Hay- 
Market. 
The whole Plant was about two Feet in Height j 
and, at firft Sight, feemed not very unlike the Horns 
of fome Deer, being varioufly branched, and covered 
with a thick Down. It was of a fpongeous Sub* 
fiance, and of a dusky-red Colour inclining to Black. 
The Tips of the fmaller Branches were of a Cream- 
Colour. The larger Branches, or rather the Tops 
of the whole Plant, were expanded in Form of a 
Funnel, fmooth on the concave, and full of Pores 
on the convex Side. The inner and lower Part of 
the Funnel was of the fame Colour with the Stalk, 
the reft of it was of a Cream-Colour. 
I have not been able to find, that this Plant has 
been mentioned by any Author 3 and am perfuaded, 
that it is a new Species ; and, perhaps, the remarka- 
ble Branching of the Stalks may induce fome to think 
it a new Genus. As the Funnel may be efteemed a 
Cap, and as this Cap is not lamellated, it will be a 
Boletus , according to the Method obferved in the 
Third Edition of Ray: s Synopjis . According to 
L 1 Mieheli) 
