Tr i b i 14. Tbe Theater of Tlants. C h a f.6 3. 
r. p ungm fawyinofui ;. faftigUtiu 4. or bitularu. 
Three vf the fit ft forts of edible Mufhromes, 
the Italians fpongtola, and the French Aforifles t bccaxt{e the head doth well refcmble a Mulberry, and Camerarista 
faith are called Aferchell by the (ytrmanes,vihobe much delighted with them. 
а. Another kindc is more fharpe and fpiring, then in any of the reft of the edible kindes.and fmall withall. 
3. Another whole outfide is of a whitifh browne colour, is more fteeplefalhioncd and bigger, and is there' 
fore called pyramidal*, and are as good as any of the former, being the gteateft of the fourth fort of Clujim his e- 
dible Mufhromes. 
4 - Another fort is round,fomewhat foft and whitifh,hiving a (lit on the edges moft ufually, and are called St. 
Georges Mufhromes, becasifethey grow up chiefly about that time : this is the third kindc of edible Mufhromes 
with Clufim. 
S. Another is cornered either more or leffe and fome Jagged about the edges .having longer and fhorter (hikes, 
and fome of them fuller or lancker then others, which are often found under Elmes, and white Popler trees, and 
therefore called Fungus Populneus : yet Cafalpinui faith that at Turin, thofe that grow under the Poplar trees 
are mifliked, which thmg proveth my former affertion that the ayre and foyle bettereth many of thefe kindes. 
б. There is a kinde of Mufhrome called by the Srecians in former times and m(>-Z',and by Pliny Pettiest 
in Latine, which may be called Cup Mufhromes in Englijh. For they doe grow out of thefolid ground, where- 
unto they adhere fo ffrongly,that hardly without breaking they can be got up, (ticking to the earth by certaine 
fmall fibres,that are almoft infenfible and lpeading low upon the ground without any ftalke.into broad deepe and 
hollow cuplike peeces.the brims or edges whereof are either plane or crumpled, or cornered and containing ma¬ 
ny times within the hollowneffe,three or foure ounces of raine water, efpecially the greater of them, which by 
reafon of the thicke skinny or flefhy fubftance thereof corrupteth not, nor the water therein referred for a long 
time,being white on the outfide and reddifh within,and are found growing in the fieldes of Italy in divers places 
by the path wales as ( alumna faith,and certainely determineth them to be the true fete of the ancients and Pli¬ 
ny. Hereof like wife he faith there is another fort, which is more crumpled or divided into fundry folded parts, 
not elfe differing in fubftance,and are thought to be none of the pernitious forts, becaufe they are not moift or glu¬ 
tinous in handling, and doc not rot but endure a long time,and become wholly dry. ‘Deionaua cooke tbe Fuffe 
bals to be it, but erronioufly. 
7- Another fort is (omewhat flat on the head,a little turned in like a Navel!, and arc of an unequill fife, bting 
brownifh greenifh or yellowifh coated,whereof the largeftis called the Frowcs Mufhrome, and the firft of the 
thirteenth fort with Clufnu. 
8. Another likewife not fo flat throughout.but round in the body, and fometimes torne on the edges, of a paje 
browne colour,and fpotted with white: this is called tubero/us fungus. 
9 . There is another called by Cordus Boleti^nd by others Fungi nemorum, which is almoft round and white, 
fpotted with yellowifh browne matkes,fome of them bigger then others, thofe growing under Beech trees are 
redder then others, whereof fome are choife in eating them,rather taking the pale then the redder. 
10. Another is called Capreolini, differing not much from fome of the laft, but in being yellower above, and 
browner underneath,being the twelfth with Cluftus. 
rr. Acother fort gtoweth in woods about the beginning of Summer,and for theit rednefl'e above are called red 
Mufhromes,although both the ftilke and the under part be not fo full offtripes. 
1 a. A twelfth fort 7 Vtfgw calleth vulgares Amanita veTBoleti, and are called the moft common alfoby Label 
and others. ’ 
13. Another fort being round and a little flat above, are all hairy,and of a blulh colour, and are therefore called 
viHoji or hirfuti cervini Fungi-, and fome of them will be blackifh alfo, fome alio will grow two together. 
T4. Another is leffe hairy, but other wife much like the laft, whereof fome are mixed with white, pale, and 
browne,and fome are fmoocty withall, with many blackifh purple lines underneath, and are called Firre Mu£h- 
romes,becaufe they aiwaies grow in the Firre tree woods. 
15. There is another which is called the Goates hoofe,becanfe it is cut in on the edges intofuch parts, that it 
very well refembleth it,being browne above,and white underneath, and more torne on the edges when ’it arow- 
eth old,then while it is young and new fprung up. n b 
16. Another fort hath the ftalke fometimes bigger in the lower part .then the upper bole is, and is much difeo- 
lonred with blew,greene, and browne,or in fome yellowifh.the upper part of the bole being browne and with¬ 
out any lines underneath, fWwthinkctb that this fcrt commeth neere[\ unto the Amamta of Paulut o£ginet*. 
Vuguu 17, There 
