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A G A R IC U S CAMPESTRIS.
Common Mushroom.
Class and Order CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Linn.— N a t . Ord. F U N G I, Link,
Grev.
S e r i e s V. P k a t e l l a — T r i b . XXII. P s a l l i o t a Fries.
G EN E R IC C HARAC T ER .
Pileus stipitatus aut latere affixus, suhtus lamellis sporuliferis, rectis, simplicibus.
Volva nulla.
Pileus furnished with a stipes, or fixed by its side, having on the under
surface straight simple sporuliferous lamellae. Volva none.
S P E C IF IC CHAR A C T ER .
Agaricus campestris ; pileo convexo-expanso, carnoso, sicco, subsquanwso, se-
riceove; lamellis liberis, ventricosis demum fu s c is ; stipite farcto, subæquali
albo ; velo annuliforme subpersistente.
Ag. pileus convex-expanded, carnose, dry, either somewhat scaly or smooth ;
lamellæ free, ventricose, at length fuscous ; stipes solid, subequal, white;
veil annular, subpersistent.
Agaricus campestris, Linn. Sp. PI. 1641—Fl. Suec. 1203.—Schæff. t. 33.
—Fl. Dan. t. 704— Vine. Petagn. v. 5. p. 2114—Scop. Carniol. 1478.-
Huds. Fl. Angl. p. 610.—Pers. Comment, p. 13.— Syn. Fung. p. 418
Sow. Fung, t. 305— Bolt. Fung. t. 45.—AU>. et Sckwein. p. 204. Wahl.
Fl. Lapp. p. 528— With. Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p. 285.— Sibth. Fl. Ox.
No. 94,1.— Rehl. Fl. Cantab, ed. 3. p. 530.— Schwein. Fung. Carol.
No. 720.— Tratt, Dest. Schwaem. p. 1 . t. 1 . f. \ .— Fjusd. Fssb. Schwaem.
p. 70. t. L.— Winch, Bot. Guide, 2. p. 86.—Paulet, Traité, v. 2. p. 266.
t. 130.— Pers. Traité, p. 192— Purt. Midi. Fl. v. 2. p. 638.— Hook. Fl.
Scot. pt. 2. p. 2 1 .— Grev. in Wern. Trans, v. 4. p. 354.—Fries, Syst. v. 1 .
p. 281.— Grev. Fl. Fdin. p. 390.
Agaricus edulis. Bull. Champ, t. 134. & t. 514,.— Pers. Comment, p. 123__
Syn. p. 418.—De Cand. Fl. Franç. ed. 3. v. 2. p. 157-— Fjusd. Syn. p. 32.
— Nees, Syst. t. 24. f. 1Q5.
Agaricus alutarius, Pers. Syn. p. 265.
Agaricus, sp. xxi. a, b, c, Gled. Meth. p. 116.
Fungus pileolo lato et rotundo, Patt. Fung. p. 2Q. t. 7. f. A,-C.
Fungus campestris, albus superne, inferne rubens, Mick. Gen. PI. Nov.
p. 174. t. 75. f. 1,-3.— Baii, Syn. p. 2.
H ab. Pastures and meadows, very frequent. May to October.
Plant mostly gregarious, without odour, b u t with a grateful flavour. P i.
k u s hemispherical, at length convex, and eventually plane, fleshy, 2-5
inches broad or more, white, or o f a reddish tinge, or even uniform
light brown: the surface is either smooth, slightly scaly, or, (in the
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