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 TAB. CCXCI.

never found this with an upper surface or pileus, but in great abundance as here represented. The back is attached to the wood on which it grows. Its whole substance is of an orange colour. The extremities are very finely fibrous and sattiny. The texture of the plant is somewhat woody, and if well dried it becomes horny, retaining its original colour. TAB. CCXCII.

With. v. 4. p. 378.

an uncommon plant, though it has been confounded with Lichen byssoides. It is well described by Mr. Griffith in Withering. It is readily distinguished by wanting the ground of a Lichen. The figures are drawn from fine specimens on a decayed horse's hoof found near London, and a little bit of ram's horn from near Maiden-caste, Dorsetshire. TAB. CCXCIII.

Dicks.fasc. 3, tab. 9, Fig. 10. With. 360.

Bulliard 463.

of these plants were sent me by the Rev. Mr. Hailstone, gathered on Rumblesmoor, a few miles from Bradford in Yorkshire, in some peat-holes; and also by Mr. T. F. Forster, collected in a deep running stream at Tunbridge-wells. The specimen which so much resembles an Agaric was found some years ago.