174 THE ESSEX NATURALIST.
composita, unde tenuissimis & vix conspicuis foraminulis
punctatus est. [Polyporus squamosus.]
Fungus ramosus minor, colore sordide flavicante. Observed,
and communicated io me by Mr. Dale. Altitudinem palmarem
vix asscquitur, inque ramulos crebros ab imo statim dividitur
& subdividitur, non semper dichotoma divisione, nam rami
pleronque latescunt, & plures emittunt ramulos: Summi tamen
surculi persaepe bifurci sunt. [Clavaria muscoides.]
Fungus arboreus interne foraminibus longis & rotundis
insculptus ejusdem. Hic a D. Dale pariter observatus & ad
nos delatus est. [Daedalea quercina.]
Fungus membranaceus seu coriaceus, acetabuli modo
concavus, colore intus coccineo seu cremesino saturo D. Dale.
Fungi pemiciosi Gen. 24. Spec. secunda Clus. Parva concha
marina colore coccineo Sterbeck Theat. Fung. Spec. 112. p. 242.
Very common on rotten sticks in England and Ireland. Variat
colore purpureo. [Sarcoscypha coccinea.]
Fungi pernisiosi Gen. 24. Spec. 3. Clus. membranaceus
parvus aureus Sterbeck Theat, Fung. Spec. 113. p. 242. On-
rotten Wood in England and Ireland. Both these last observed by
Dr. Sherard, and the former also by Mr. Dale, who communicated
it to me. [Tremella mesenterica.]
Hypoxylon, excrementum ligni putridi fungosum, digitatum
Mentzelii. Colore est nigricante. Found by Mr. Dale, and by
Dr. Sherard on old Planks in England. [Xylaria polymorpha.]
Fungus minimus candidus absque lamellis. Found in the
inside of hollow Oaks, near the bottom, where they are most. It
is about an inch high, the Pileus about a quarter of an inch over,
without any visible lamellae.
Hunc eive similem observavit D. Dale in Hederae foliis
aridis pediculo longo tenui rubente, capitulo non lamellato,
verum 5 velut nervis a pediculo ad ejus circumferentiam
excurrentibus. [Cudoniella acicularis.]
The third edition of the Synopsis contains no additional
Essex records nor attributions to Dale. There is a revised
classification of Fungi and the names are sometimes altered.
It was edited by J. J. Dillenius and appeared in 1724, nearly
twenty years after Ray's death. The editor's name was not
put on the title page, as there was "some apprehension (my
being a foreigner) of making natives uneasy."