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 TAB. LI. Linn. Sp. Pl., 1648. Huds.' 629 With. 447.

varies a little in shape and colour. Mr. Jacob Rayer found some buff-coloured specimens on a bank in Kent. I have gathered plenty of the blackish kind at Newington, Surrey, on an old garden ground among sugar-bakers rubbish.

This species surely belongs much more properly to the genus of Helvella than to that of Phallus especially if we confider its texture, duration, or qualities. It is well known by the name of Morel, and much esteemed as an ingredient in sauces and soups, for which purpose it may be preserved dried for many months or even years. The people employed in gathering Morels in Germany, having observed that they grew most plentifully where wood had been burned, proceeded to promote their propagation by setting fire to the woods, till it was found necessary to forbid that practice by law. TAB. LII.

Bull. t. 503. With. 468. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1654. Huds. 645.

from the generality of Lycoperdons in being soft and pulpy when young, something like Reticularia scptica., With. 470, described by Mr. Woodward, who has also observed the plant now before us. TAB. LIII. Relb. n. 1199. Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. 1473. Gent. Mag. for May 1793, 414.

Pult. in Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 2. 311?

leave to refer the reader to Dr. Pulteney's learned observations on this fungus, or one at least nearly related to it, in the Transactions of the