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Of the Hiftory of Plants.- L 1 b. 3 , 
There is a '.Co f ound another.fet forth vnder the title Fungus virtlis fenis aretfi forma, which wee 
Englifb,Pncke Mufhriim, taken from his forme. 
3 Fungus erbicularispi Lupi cr epitus, {ome docallit Zucernarttm fungus .'in Engl ifh, Fufle balls 
Pucke Fulfe,and Bulfifts, with which in fome places of England they vfe tokillor fmolder their 
Bees,when they would driue the Hiues,and bereaue the poore Bees of their meat, houfes, and liues: 
thefe are alfo vfed in fome places where neighbours dwell far afunder,to carry and referue fire from 
place to place, whereof it tooke the name, Lncernarum Fungus in forme they are very round flickin'* 
and cleauing vnto the ground, w rthout any ftalks or ffems ; at the firft white, butafterward’ofa du° 
skifh colour, hauing no hole or breach in them, whereby a man may fee into them, which being tro- 
den vpon do breath forth a mod thin and fine pouder, like vnto fmoke, very noilome and hurtful! 
vntotheeiesjcaufinga kinde ofblindneffe,whichis called Poor-blinde,or Saad-blinde. 
There is another kindeofT/^«/,or Mufhrum, which groweth in moift medowes, and by ditch 
fides.fiue or fix inches high.couered oner with a skin like a piece of fheepes leather ofa rufibt co 
lour ; whrch being taken away there appeareth a long and white ftumpe, in forme not much vnlike 
to an handle, mentioned in the title, or like vnto the white and tender ftalke of Aron burn-rearer- 
this kinde is alfo full of venome and poifon. 5 S 
There is likewife a kinde of Mufhrum, with a certaine round excrefrenee .t._ 
Muflmims come vp about the roots of trees,in graffie places of medowes, and Ley Land newly 
Fungi lethales,fiv enon efculenti, Poifonous Mufhrums. 
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