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OUND under an open shed at Battersea, August, 1804. The singular pink coloured vermicular appearance of the pores attracted notice, and the pileus being strongly rooted in the ground appeared equally strange. Such pores as were rounder were inversely tiled in order next the other?, and the pileus was more or less interspersed with largish holes in the whiter thicker substance. The piece at the bottom is a little enlarged, to show the shallow, somewhat labyrinthiform pores, and the pileus white and irregularly thickened.

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HIS may not strictly correspond with the Generic Character of Lycoperdon, (oipenning at the top, seeds fixed to filaments connected with the inner coat of the Fungus or plant). It is the only specimen I have seen, and was apparently broken, yet the top appeared to be tender, and to become naturally softer than the other parts, as the capsules seemed to be dissolved, losing their character and becoming powder. It was, however, strong and very rugged, but the congeries of seeds, if I may so call them, were enveloped or compressed into forius laying by each other, giving a reticulated appearance in some directions, being mostly rather oblong, and of a dark brown colour. The smaller part towards the base is of a yellowish hue, and looks like pollen bursting from something analogous to anthers, thus it reminds us of a fig, which includes two sorts of fructification. With a very high power the woolly seed-like appearances at Fig. d. presented themselves, towards the top they were least distinct, seeming more powdery, in the middle most distinct, and below less ripe.

The late Mr. Jackson found this curious specimen on the top of Highgate Hill, about ten Years since. I know of no Genus that quite corresponds with this, but as in general contour it resembles Lycoperdon, I expect it would most likely be looked for under that title, and may remain in that Genus for the present. It has, however, been figured under the title Pisolithus arenarius, Fungi Niskiensis de Alberti XVII. 82.

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Bulliard.

ATHERED by Miss Fanshaw in Nork Park, near Epsom. As it seems to be the same as Bulliard's, and not knowing it otherwise, I am glad to add it to the list of British Fungi. It differs from Tuber album, E. F. 310, in being less smooth and black, and from Tuber cibarium, E. F. 309, in being destitute of ornamental corrugations. The cut figure shows the seeds ripening, the darker part the seeds more ripe and spreading over the surface.