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Clathrus fulvus. Hist. 93. f. 3.
Scarlet Clathrus.

Clath. coccineus

This Clathrus I gathered on the decaying
stump of a tree in Ramsden Octr. [October] ye 16th, 1786.

At first it consists of a globular head,
the size of a poppy seed, of a glowing scarlet
colour, and supported on a white footstalk.

The scarlet colour soon changes to a brownish
hue, afterwards the globular head bursts
a powder is discharged, and the placenta or Reseptacle [Receptacle]
with its footstalk abide for some time afterwards.
        