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IX 6 Pesice Plinij , Cup Mulhroms. 
T hey 'trow out of the fil'd Ground , unto which wry 
admire fo flrongly, that they can fcarclcy be got up 
without breaking ; flicking to the Earth by certain 
T, 'mall Fibres, fiercely to be dtfeerned and Jpi ceding 
lorn upon the Ground without any Stalk, into broad, 
deep, and hollow Cup-like Pieces, the Brims or Edges 
whereof are either plain or crumpled, or Cornered-, 
and containing many times within the hollowrtefi, 
three or four ounces of Ram Water, effect ally he 
greater of them , which by reafin of the thick skin- 
ny, or Hefhy Sitbiiancc thereof, corrupts not, nor 
yet the Water attained therein, for a long time, 
being white on the out-file, and. [redd ,Jh wtlbtit. 
X. , fungus Muliebrie, The Womans Muih- 
rom : It is fomewhat flat on the Head, a little turn a 
m like a Navel. They are of an unequal five,, 
being brownish, greenifh, or yellow, Jb Coated- 
XI 8 Fungus Tuberofus, The Tuberous Mulh-j 
I0m . It is not Flat throughout, but round in the\ 
Body, and Sometimes torn on the edges, op a pa/el 
brown color. Spotted with white. 
XII ? Fungus vel Fungi nemorum ; Boletus vet 
Bolen Cord,: Muihrom oh the Woods. I, is almofl 
round and white. Spotted with yellow brown Spots, 
Some of them bigger than others : thofi growing un- 
■ Beech-Trees, are redder than others: fame 
the pale fort , rather wan the 
XXII. 19. Fungi lingulati. Lingua Cafalpini. It 
grows on the Bodies of Chefnut Trees, or near 
them: its bead is fome thing red: and its Stalk is 
red but not fo red , at that of the true Boletus. 
XXIII. 20. Boletus Verus , The true Boletus. 
This is white at an Egg , and of the fame form, 
when they fir ft Spring up : but after two or three 
days , the white Skin or Coat breaks above , and Jbews 
yellow like the Folk of an Egg , which then grows 
greater , and into the form of a Muihrom (the white 
Skin falling away by little and little) being raifei 
fomewhat higher in the middle , and fo much of a. 
gold yellow color , that it feerns deeper colored , than 
Saffron it felf , but lefs yellow underneath , with 
as in any Leather- like Lines or Divifions , or Septa at 
in other Mulhroms. The Stalk like wife is yellow 
and an inch thick : when it grows old , it breaks in- 
to three or four parts , and loofes the frefh color 
above , becoming more pale , and underneath almofl 
white. Thefe are of fo delicate a Tafte , that thofe 
who are accufiomed to feed on Mulhroms, defire 
them more than any other Kind , nor can they eafily 
be fatisfied with them. They are accounted by all 
Hands to be very wholefome , and yet it is faidthat 
Claudius CaTar, was kill'd with eating them. This 
might chance indeed after the eating of this Kind: 
but the quefiion is , whether the Mulhroms were the 
caufe of his Death, or that there might be fome other 
caufe thereof going before , or unknown , which might 
effett it: It is good to lay the Saddle on the right 
Horfe. Clufius fays, That fome of thefe being 
dreft, and Served up, as a Dilh at Table, that they 
feemed unto him, as if they had been colored 
with Saffron. 
XXIV. 21. Fungi Porcini , Fungi Suilli , Swines 
Mulhroms. They are fomewhat pointed , of a 
fmoaky color , Spotted with white Spots, and under- 
neath with blackifh fepts , or Feather-like lines or di- 
vifions and the upper part in fome will be red. But 
Cefalpinus fays , that with them , fome were of a 
brow niff) yellow above j and of an AJh color under- 
neath. 
XXV. 22. Scarogia Cffalpini : Thefe grow in 
Meadows , the Head being broad , and the Stalk very 
long , and of divers colors. 
XXVI. 23. Fungus guer cirrus dipfacoides , The 
Bafon or Teafel Muihrom growing among Oaks. 
Its Head is white , and like unto the common fort in 
they grow in then'll Tree'HWx. Thefe' are [cfi\ firm, but that the top it brown and grpm to be' 
Fairy but othermfe much like the left , of which /potted: but the chtefeft matter of difference ■ ,t in 
tome are mixed with white, pale, and brown-. 
for eating , 
der 
ChU fder 
^ XIII. 10. Fungi Capreolini , The Goats Muih- 
rom. They differ not much from fome of the 
loft, but in being yellower above, and browner 
"^XIV. 11. Fungi rubei , Red Mulhroms, Ti hey 
grow in Woods about the beginning of Summer, and 
for their rednefs above , are called Red Mulhroms ^ 
altho both the Stalk and the under part be not Jo 
^XV^i Amenitt vulgar et Tragi ■ 
Men Tragi: Thefe are the Fungi Species, or kind 
of Muihrom, which are [aid to be the mofi Common 
both by Lobel and others. 
XVI 13. Fungi Villoft, Tung, hrjuti cervtnt. 
The Hairy Mulhroms. Thefe are round and a 
little flat above , are all hairy, and of a blujb color : 
fome of them will alfi be black, Jh, and Jome will 
likewife grow two together. , , 
XVII. 14. Fungi abiettnr. Fir Mulhroms, bccaufi 
fome are mixed with wMte, pate, ana ™d 
fome [mooty with all, or many black, Jh with purple 
Lines underneath. . 
XVIII 15. Fungi ungulat 1 , Capra ungulati. 
Goats Hoof Mufhrom. They are cut in on the 
edges into fitch parts, that they very well refem- 
b/e a Goats Hoot; bang brown above, and white 
beneath-, and is more lorn on the edges , when it 
grows old, than when it is new fiprung up, or is 
^XTX^id. Aminiu Fault Mginets ■ Thefe have 
their Stalks Sometimes bigger in the ewer part 
than the upper Bole is: and are much d, [colored 
with blew, green, and brown , or yellow, Jh, as in 
fome-, the upper part of the Bole being brown-, and 
without any Lines underneath. 
XX 17 Fungi Lafici, Milky Muihrom. Thefe 
are of fo delicate a Talte, that they are eaten 
raw it is flat at the Head, and of a reidtfli 
color , yielding a [meet Milk when ,t is broken. 
XXI. 18. Fungi Regales , Kingly Mulhroms. 
Thefe are great , white , and round , fuelling very 
fweet and of as pleafant a Tafte as the former, 
and may be given to fuch as are Sick, without any 
danger. 
the Stalk , which has about the middle of it, or 
higher , a certain hollow Difh, like as the Teafel 
has, being rough and brown about the brims. The 
lower part of the Stalk is as it were knobbed , and 
blackifh next to the Ground, with fome hairy Fibres 
thereat. 
XXVII. 2±. Fungus aerie vel Piperitis, Fungus 
Piperitis Sapore, The Pepper tailed Muihrom, as 
Cordus on Diofcoridcs calls it. It is white in color , 
and tafis [harp and hot like Pepper. 
XXVIII. 25. Fungi Prunuli Ctefalpini. It is a 
very J'mall Muihrom, of an AJh color and very fweet 
in fmell. 
XXIX. 2 6. Fungi ramifici vel ramofi , Barba 
Hirci, The Branched Muihrom. It is fpread out 
large into many Branches, being in fome yellow, in 
others reddifh , and in others of a pale white , zvhich 
they call the Goats Beard. The mofi confpicuous 
is that that which is yellow, and has white foots 
upon it. 
XXX. 27. Fungus Digitatus major L? minor : 
Fungi Digit el/i , as rhe Italians call them. The 
Finger Muihrom. It is of a large Size, and parted 
as it were into long whitifh Fingers , one of which 
will fuffice a Man for a Meal. 
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