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 TAB. CCXIX.

Hoff. 6. 3. With. v. p. 390.

be found, most part of the year, on stumps in Kensington-gardens. It spreads widely. The white woolly coat includes a black sphærule. TAB. CCXX. in January 1799, by favour of the Rev. Mr. Alderson, who gathered it at Hevingham, Norfolk. The sphaerulae are imbedded in the stone, as those of tab. 217 in wood, seemingly throwing out the stain which gives the Lichen-like appearance, which makes it resemble L. niger in a young state. If the stone had not been broken, we might have waited long in expeactation of fruit. A singular conformity with the L. miniatus Eng. Bot. tab. 593, and the two following, points out the affinity of many different genera in these intricate vegetables.