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 TAB. CCLXIX.

Huds. 641.

must not be confounded with the L. cervinum of Bolton, which is only a young specimen of the species in the last plate. This may be readily distinguished by the granular covering and brittle texture. The former is of a tough and somewhat leathery substance, with a scaly outside, and grows mostly above ground. This scarce shows its upper part above ground. They both break irregularly, and have very few fibres among the feed. TAB. CCLXX.

shown me in Lord Manssield's wood, Hampstead, by Mr. Hunter, who showed me the last. It grows loose, lying like small shot above ground without any apparent root. From its first or smallest size it alters but little in colour. The riper ones are very brittle, and crack irregularly. They enclose a black powder.