Part II. 
Of MoJJes , &c. 
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. A THIRD and FOURTH flail Idler than the former 
. i Part of the CORK-MUSHROON. ’Tis eight inches in 
Diametre, exactly of the colour and fubftance of the belt 
Corf, ft. light,fofficbmpreffibleandfpringy: from whence 
I name it. In the middle, an inch and I thick, the Circumfe¬ 
rence very thin ; the upper fide folid, the under divided into 
feveral Plates by the Diametre,frequently fo joyn’d together, 
as to make a great many little Cells, fomewhat like to thofe 
in a Honey-Comb. 
The SPONGE MUSHROON. So it may be call'd, for 
that it is porous almoft after the manner of fome Sponges ; 
particularly the Cup-S'punge hereafter defcrib’d. And is al- 
fo of the fame colour. But hath the fubftance of a Tree- 
Mujhroon. 
The CORAL-like MUSHROON. Defcribed in Bau- 
hinus amongft Moj/es , with the Title of Mufcus Coralloides. 
Figur’d by Lobelias » 
The SCARLET CATSTAIL MUSHROON of Malta. 
Fungus Typhoides coccineus Meliterifis. Given by Sig r . Boc- 
cone , and by him defcribed and figur’d, (a) 
The round Venimous MUSHROON of the Hazle. 
F. Coryleus orb. venen. 
The HART-FUSBAL. Tuber cervinum f. Cervi Boletus. 
So called, from a falfe Opinion, that they are there only 
found, where Deer go to Rut. Defcribed by Bauhinus. 
I find no Defcription 
hereof. ’Tis in length * a foot 5 at the lower part, half an 
inch thick, or in Diametre; in the middle, two inches 
and 1 5 the top, oval or elhptick; not unaptly refembling 
the Boon critton-Pear. Of a brown colour, &|W, denfe, 
and tough, almoft like G/eir. Bemg fir’d, it 
burns with much flame, melts into a good deal Oil, and 
yields a frnoak of a grateful AromaticT fmcll. /^H?-y? .3^^ 
The KERMES BERRY. Coccuni f. C&anum fnfcclorium. 
Commonly, but abfurdly, fo called; as not being a Fruit, 
but only a round Ball or Button , nouriftied on the Boughs 
and Leaves of the Dwarf-Ilex , or the Ilex Coccigera ; a 
kind of Shrub , in France , Spain , and Italy, ■ with prickly 
Leaves, like a little Holly-Bujh. This Berry when frelh 
gather’d ( which is at the end of May and the beginning of 
June) is full of a Crimfon Juyce,or Pulp, fo called, whichftor 
. the 
(a) Defc. 
Plant. Rari- 
