Chap. 510. 'Englijb Herbs. 
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CHAP. DX. 
■Of M U S H R O M S. 
0 R, 
fOAD- STOOLS. 
I. 
T HE Names. 
Arabians , 
This Plant is called by the 
, Eater, and Hat or : in Greek, 
Mv'uc. PI. pvxnK : in Latine , fungus. PI. Fungi: 
in Englijh , Mufhrom e , PI. Mufhroms TW- 
SYao/r. 
II. Ufa iCf»A. There are feveral Species of 
Mujhroms , Pome of which we have already 
Treated , or Ihall hereafter Treat of, in their par- 
ticular and proper Chapters, viz. I. Such as grow 
upon or in the Earth , as, 1. Tubera Terra, Earth 
Balls, which fee in Chap. 238. aforegoing. 2. Ca- 
pita Terra, Lupi Crepitus, Fufs-Balls, which fee 
in Chap. 30 6 . aforegoing. II. Such as grow upon 
Trees, as, 3. Auricula Jude, Fungus Sambuctnus. 
Jews Ears, which fee in Chap. 404 aforegoing. 
4. Lichen Arbor um , Fulmonaria Fungofa, Mufcus 
Tulmonarius , Tree Lungwort, which fee in Chap. 
4J8. aforegoing, y. Fungus Arboreus igniarius. 
Fungus igniarius , Fungus inceniiarius , Touch- 
Wood, or Match- Wood, of which in Chap. 
following. 6 . Agaricus , Agarick, or Mufhrom 
of the Larch Tree, which fee in the Third Book of 
this our Botonologia, or Hiftory of Plants. Of all 
or any of thefe, we have nothing to fay in this 
place. Thofe which we fhall Treat of in this 
Chapter are the Fungi Terrei, or Mulhroms of the 
Earth, which we divide into two Claffes, viz 
I. Fungi Efculenti, The Edible Mufhroms. II. Fun- 
gi non Efculenti, The non Edible Mufhroms; 
which are faid to be Pernitiofi vel Deleterij , Dan- 
gerous or Deadly. Now becaufe there is a great 
number of both thefe Kinds ; to avoid as much as 
may be being tedious, we fhall forbear the enume- 
rating of them here in particular, and give you their 
Names, as we fhall Treat of them, orDefcribe them 
in the order following. 
The Defcriptions. 
f. Of the Edible, or Wholfome Mujhroms. 
111 . The General Defcription. Our common forts 
cj Mufhroms have fmall, fmooth , round Heads, 
Handing upon thick fhort Stalks, and are for the 
moji part white ; yet in fame the upper Skin is 
brownifh or yellowijh ; but generally more yellow , af- 
ter they have food long and are decaying ; moji of 
them are [omevibat flat , and hollow underneath, 
■with many Lines , or thin Feather-like Subfiances, 
running direOly from the Center or middle of the 
Head, to the Edges round about. Their Subfiance 
is generally loofe and fpongy, eaftly yielding to be 
broken between the Fingers, if but prejfed a little 
hard. The Tafle and Relifh is according to the 
hoil and place where they grow. Clufius fays, The 
Hungarians, Germans and others, do efteem thofe 
molt, which grow in the Woods, and chiefly thofe 
under Ftrr Trees-, and next to them, thofe which 
grow under Oaks : But doubtlels, thofe which grow 
in the open Air, in Champian fields and Meadows 
are not only fafer from danger, but of better rellifh 
than thofe which grow in Woods and under Trees 
especially with us in England-, and herewith 
agrees Horace in his Satyrs, lib. 2. fatyr 4. ver 20 
and 2 1. 
“ — - pralenfibus optima fang is 
Aaturu eft : aliis male creditur. 
Jhius’/iroms ivhoh 
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IV. 1. Favaginofi, Spotigiofus Lalechampii The 
Honey Comb Mufhrom. Some of this Kind grow 
bigger than others, and fame more Topped or Spiring 
and feme are parted as it mere all over into fundry 
divtfions, making it feem like an Honey Comb, and 
its Head many times refembles a Mulbery. Thefe 
are not dangerous as Gerard fays; and Cluflm ac- 
counts them as one of the firft or principal Kinds 
of Edible Mufhroms, and Camerarius fays, that the 
Germans are much delighted with them. 
V. 2. Fungi altiufcuh. O’ parvi. Thefe are higher 
than any of the reft, and fmall withal. 1 But good 
of the Kind. 0 
r 5 3 '. * 777 ? Fyramidalk, Spear or Pyramidal 
fafn toned Mufhrom. Its out-fide is of a mbititb 
brown color , is more Steeple fafhioned and larger 
than feme others, and as good as any of the for- 
mer ; being the greateft of the fourth fort of Cluft- 
us his Edible Mufhroms. 
VII. y. Fungus Georgij, St. George’s Mufhrom. 
// ts round, fomemhat foft and whitifh, having a (lit 
mofi ufually on the Edges : They are called by this 
Name, becaufe they Spring up much about that time 
oj the lear. 
VIII. 5. Fungus Popu/neus , growing under Pop- 
lar Tiees and Elme Trees. It is cornered either 
more or lefs , and Jome jagged about the Edges 
having longer and Jhorter Stalks, andfomcof them 
f uller, and lanker than others. 
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IX. 5. 
