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 TAB. CCCXXI.

Fl Dan. 1073.

always of a snowy white, and grows on rotten wood, in damp places, under the bark of decaying trees. The minuteness of this Fungus, and its frequently being found, in a young pubescent state, without gills, may have caused it to have been over-looked; and indeed the gills are seldom to be seen without close examination. They are few, in number, not very prominent, and generally in pairs. Those in Fl. Dan. are larger specimens. TAB. CCCXXIl.

do not find this plant anywhere taken notice of, though extremely common on old walls, &c. With regard to its general form, it is very sportive. The pileus is sometimes contracted, and at other times very large in proportion to the rest of the plant. The gills join the stem, which is nearly cylindrical and more or less curved. The whole plant is of a foxy brown, but the gills are paler and yellower. This is often accompanied by another Agaric, which is sometimes paler, or even totally white, and in form more clumsy, though we at present imagine it not to be a different species. TAB. CCCXXIII.

Bull. 388.

have found this in many places; but in England it seldom appears to assume the dry state, as figured so excellently in Bulliard. Even when young the chesnut skin of the pileus is disposed to crack, and prettily shows the lighter parts between. In age the whole plant assmes a paler colour. The gills are of a yellowish olive brown. The stipes is somewhat lighter, generally solid, and sometimes bulbous.