[184] Mr. Berkeley says rose-coloured; Vittadini pale rust-colour; but I find that on placing a watch-glass thickly coated with spores on fine brown-holland, the colours very nearly correspond. [185] Berk. Brit. Fung. [186] The lobes are at first nearly white, afterwards of an ash-grey colour on the under surface; the upper, or that which bears the seed membrane, continuing white. [187] Another species of _Peziza_, the _P. cochleata_, grew very abundantly last spring in Holwood Park, Keston. This species is quite insipid, and somewhat leathery, but Mr. Berkeley has seen it offered for sale under the name of Morell. [188] The toughness is owing to its being stewed too quickly; when properly sweated with butter, as recommended for _C. coralloides_, it is quite tender. [189] There are, in fact, three at first, whereof the external one either coalesces with the second, or else peels off in shreds, when the other two become united, and continue to maintain the globular form of the Puff-ball unimpaired, even after the escape of the seed. [190] Without appendages. [191] Vittadini recommends, wherever this fungus grows conveniently for the purpose, that it should not be all taken at once, but by slices cut off from the living plant, care being taken not to break up its attachments with the earth; in this way, he says, you may have a fine “frittura” every day for a week. [192] I have been informed that this Puff-ball is sometimes served on state occasions at the Freemasons’ Tavern. [193] “Ce Champignon croît au milieu et vers le sommet de l’arbre, de sorte qu’il n’est pas facile à voir ou à récolter.”—_Persoon._ [194] Berkeley. [195] In 1843, the friends of a patient, for whom I had occasion to prescribe some musk, had recourse to many chemists in succession before the licensed dealer in it could be found, and he was obliged by law to keep it in his back premises. [196] Night fires. This is to clear the ground under the Chestnut-trees for the falling fruits, which might otherwise be lost amidst the heath. But the practice is unsafe; as many a tree has been charred by the flames, and some have actually taken fire and given rise to a general conflagration. [197] The whole of the species mentioned in the annexed list were met with by the author this summer and autumn (1847), and partaken of by himself and friends, viz. _Amanita vaginata_; _Ag. rubescens_, _procerus_, _prunulus_, _ruber_, _heterophyllus_, _virescens_; _deliciosus_, _nebularis_, _personatus_, _virgineus_, _fusipes_, _oreades_, _ostreatus_, _Orcella_, _campestris_ (and its varieties _edulis_ and _pratensis_), _exquisitus_, _comatus_, and _ulmarius_; _Cantharellus cibarius_; _Polyporus frondosus_; _Boletus edulis_ and _scaber_; _Fistulina hepatica_; _Hydnum repandum_; _Helvella lacunosa_; _Peziza acetabulum_ and _Bovista plumbea_; _Lycoperdon gemmatum_ and _Clavaria strigosa_. THE END. John Edward Taylor, Printer, Little Queen Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields.