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Show NR dyie ae Ofthe Hittorie of Plants, G The Defiription, Round Mufhrums grow vp in onenight, ftanding vpon a thicke and round ftalke, like vntoa broad hator buckler,ofa very white colourvntil it begin to wither,at what time it lofeth his fairewhite,declining to yellowneffe: the lower fide is fomewhat hollow, fet or decked withfine gutters,drawne along from the middle centre to the circumference or round edge of the brim. 2 All Mufhroms are withoutpith,rib,or veine: theydiffer not alittle eo andcolour, fomeare great,and like a broad brimmed hat,others {maller, about the bignefle of a filuer coine called a doller : moft of them are red ynderneath;fome more, fomelefle,orhetslittle or nothing red atall:the vpper fide which bearethout,is either pale or whitifh,or elfe of an ill fanored colour like afhes(they commonly call it Ath colour)orelfe it feemeth to be fomewhat yellow. Thereis another kinde of Mufhrums called Fangiparui lethales galericulati : in Englith, deadly Muthrums,which are fathionedlike vnto an hood,and are moft venomousand full of poifon, ” There is akinde of Mushrumcalled Fungus Clypeiformis lethalis, thatis alfoa deadly Muthsum:9 fathioned likea little buckler. There is another kinde ofMufhrum,whichis alfo moft venomousand fullofpaifon,bearing al. fo the fhape ofa buckler,being called Fungus venenatus Clypesformis : in Englifh,the flinkingvenomous Muthrom, : 2 Fungi tethales,aut (altem nou efeulenti, Poyfon Mufhrums,oratthe leaft fuchasare notyulgasly caten, The Mufhrunis or Toodftooles which growvpon the trunkes or bodiesof old trees, very moch refembling Avricula Inde,that is lewes eare,do in continuance of time growynto the fubftapee . wood,which the Foulers docall Touchwood, and are for the moft halfecirculed or halfe a. whofe vpper part is fomewhat plaine,and fometimea little hollow,but the lower part Peg. purfed together. This kinde of Mufhrumthe Greciansdo call équpm,and is full of venome™ P fon as the former,efpecially thofe which growvponthe Ilex,Oliue,and Oke trees. os Thereis likewifea kinde of Mufhrumcalled Fungus Fawaginofus, crowing vp in moilt ane iha and tuberous ftalke, an handfull bigs, Ol 4 dowie woods.whichis alfo venomous,hauing ~ a thicke a s age ; pombe duskith colour;the top whereof is compact of manyfinall diuifions, like vnto the hony com? hee Ofthe Fliftory ot Plants. a 1581 Fungus fambucinus, five Auricula Inde. lewes cares, ils — Tou Legos) STTTI SDSSa —— 1580 |