T R I BE 14. 
'The Theater of 'Plants. 
Gha!\64, 
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Chap; LXIV. 
8 . Fun^iu MufcariiU. 
Pl)t baneMuthromc. 
Futtgiferniticp, Dangerous Muftiromes, 
He other kind ofMufhromC3 asltold youare dangerous,ifnot poyfonous, w hereof there are man; 
forts whichC 7 »/iw hath amply fet down in a treatife concerning them,and 3 .s»fc>jw after him hath at. - 
ded more out of other Authours,which becaufe they are too numerous,and to little purpofe, times fo r 
me to write,or for you to read or know, feeing neither the one halfe of them are found growin" with 
us,nor doe we neede caution to beware of thebad.feeing our Nation is not fo cnclincd to the good, l 
thinke I may well fpare my paines from recounting all the fevetall varieties that they doe, and onely mention 
fome of the moll fpeciall with the Touchwoods, and 
feme cxotickes.and fo end this Claflls. 
1. The firflgrowcth under Plumme trees in the be¬ 
ginning of the yeare of differing formes,and greatnelTe, 
for fome grow many together from one roote, as it 
were, with very little or no ffalkc at all, yet fome are 
round falhioned, others arc cornered, fome are larger 
and fmallcr then others, all of them being rnixt with 
white,pale yellowifh and brownc together. 
1. Another becaulc it groweth among dung is called 
Fimetarius ,and is of a round flatneffe,fomewhat thinne 
whirc,and covered as it were with mcale all over, ha¬ 
ving browne lines underneath. 
3. Another groweth under Hazell nut trees, which 
are fometimes ofa whitifh red,and as it were fmoaked 
over,round and fomewhat broad. 
4. Another of a reddifhCorall likecolour, fullof 
round yellowifh Ipots above, and pale yellow under¬ 
neath,full of blackifli lines found in 
5, Another is called the Toades Mufhromc, being 
of a wan colour, and round like an helmet, or more ycl„ 
lowiili but (moaky,or clfc more flat and rcddifli with 
fome fpots, 
6 . Another is very fmall and round not exceeding the 
naile of ones finger reddilh above and very hollow un- 
derncath.this is called the Goatcs Mullirome. 
7. Another is fomewhat like the true Boletm, but is 
FIctbaks, 9, 10.19. IXadly Mutbromrs,ibe ninth, 
tenth,and nineteenth of both Torts. 
Afu/twt parvus rlenticulalus 
about halfe an inch broad, fpiringalittleat thetoppe, and being of a u hitilli colour, withalongftalke, ofthe 
bignefle of ones little finger : this is called the foolifh or the foolcs Mufhromc. 
8. Therearctwoorthreeothcrforts.thatarefaidtokillasmanyflicsaslicandfrede on them, aswellwhen 
they are dry as frefh,fomc of them being greater and broader then others,and fome much redder,and Spotted with 
white fpors all of them doe gtow in the woods that have beene feld. 
9 - In the like woods are found other forts about Augufi ,one whofeftalke is bigger below then above, and the 
he ad prtoppe round and pale whitifh, but no bigger then the bortome ofthe (hike. ■ 
10, Another fort is much frequent with us, and is of a blackifh colour much rent or tome on the edges, and 
hanging Ianke about a fmall long ffalkc. 
1 r. There is another kinde which is Clnfus his nineteenth,and is ofdivers forts, which becaule they are fo like ■ 
unto fome of the edible forts, deceive many that gather them, and are-often a fpeedy death to them that cate 
them, whereof fome are reafonable fmall, others very large, and molt of them of fome bcautifull afpeft, either 
Vuuuu 3 .. - whirifii 
