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 TAB. XCI. Fl. Dan. t. 1450.

is at present a new and rare English plant. Our specimens were found on an old deal mast near the river Thames at Battersea. I have since seen some very small ones on a deal plank, that had been seasoned in the Thames near Lambeth. It is very easily dried, becoming hard, resembling horn, and not changing colour. TAB. XCII.

elegant agaric, parasitic on fern stalks, &c. It might with some propriety be called Agaricus denticulatus, having uncommonly distinct; little teeth at the edge of the pileus. The longer gills of this plant have threads along their edges affixing them to the stipes. The gills are either single or in pairs. In damp weather the pileus is somewhat glutinous. This is presumed to be hitherto nondescript. TAB. XCIII. Batsch. t. 84.

With. 3 ed. v. 4. 151.

common on ivy leaves, though sometimes found on other decayed foliage, Sec. The stipes is a little downy, as observed by my friend Wm. Mathew,