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Helvella agariciformia. Hist . 98. f. 1.
Agaric shaped Helvella.

Helv. alba

This H<s>a</s>elvella grew on a decaying,
Log of Wood in a little Wood near Red Beck
Octr. [October] ye 30th 1786.

Pileus and stem when newly gathered
as white as Ivory, and had about the same degree
of transparency, next hour the cup aquires [acquires]
a pale brownish tinge, The Root consists
of numerous dawny fibres which look like
an imperfect Mirror, Pileus perfectly
smooth both above and below, best seen
in the magnified Figure.
        