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G R O W I N G ABOUT HALIFAX.. 5
AGARICUS Jiipitafus, pileo rotundo coccíneo, lamdlu olivaceis V
P O M P O U S AGARIC.
HpHE root confifts of an hard .and pointed termination of the
item, covered with dawny fibres, of a white grey colour
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The item is three or four inches high, largeft above, tapering
towards the root, often bent irregularly, ,of a pale yellow
above, brown near . the root, and eafily- divides in yellow filky
filartients. ;
The-curtain a pale yellow colour, breaks like a fine and delicate
fpider's web,' or the fineft filky dawn. It quite vániíhes
before the decay of the plant.
The gills iñ three feries, narrow, thin, numerous,- and delicate
¿.while ^oung of a paje yellow, -afterwards changing to a
greenifh olive colour.: They adhere to-the item by a narrow
claw. '
The pileus two or three inches diameter, deflected round the
margin,' where it is of a yellow colour, gradually changing to
a fine 'orange, as it approaches towards the centre, which is of
a deep orange or fcarlet colour. The fleih thick, brittle, and of
a pale yellow.
Grows in woods about Halifax, frequent in September
and Oétober.; -