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 TAB. CCCXIV.

Fungus, so frequent on dead stalks of umbelliferous plants, has seldom been found with the little spiculæ or mouths as here figured. It is chiefly composed of a white solid substance, more or less oblong, and covered with a black crust. TAB. CCCXV.

Bolt. 124.

{{larger|{{Smallcaps|Mr.}} Griffith in Dr. Withering's Botanical Arrangement, vol. 4. tab. 395. observes that this plant is the old state of Lichen tricolor. I have had it from Mr. Abbot and others on pieces of stick, &c. where it should appear the Lichen tricolor could never have existed. Small morsels of Lichen scriptus may resemble it a little, but a scrupulous examination of the true plant will prove it to be really distinct.