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G R O W I N G ABOUT HALIFAX. II
AGARICUS Jiipitatus, fileo hemifpharico membranecio albido, XII,
lamellis trifidis remotis pallidu, fipite albido fiftulofo. mmbnmtm.
MEMBRANEOUS AGARIC.
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/npHE root confifts of numerous, dawny fibres conne&ed to
A a foft fpongy termination of the ftem below j there is no
volva.
The ftem white,' fift'ular, and of a thin fubftance, eafily
dividing in fine filaments j It is about the thicknefs of a fwan's
quill, and two or three inches high : there is no curtain.
The gills "White, thin, deep, and remote, foft, flexible, and
very delicate j afterwards acquire a faint reddiih brown tinge,
and, turns, quite black in decay.
The, pileus hemUpherical, white, confining of a thin
transparent membrane, fometimes a little waved round the
margin, and conftantly more or lefs deflected.
'Grows in the iliady parts of woods, 011 the decaying roots
of fallen oak trees,' about Halifax, in feveral places.
The whole of this plant is of a" light thin fubftance, diy,
and looks and feels almoil like fine tiflue paper. It is a rare
. fpecies.