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G R O W I N G ABOUT HALIFAX. 13
AGARICUS Jìipitatus, pileo fufco lobato undulato., lamellis
tr'ijidis profundis cameo pallidis, Jlipite jjjlulofo grifeo.' irregularis
IRREGULAR AGARIC..
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' T AHE root in this, as in moil other Agarics, confifts of an
hard abrupt termination of the item, emitting a multitude
of fibres, of a grey colour, and a dawny, or - mucor-like
fubilance j in this fpecies there is no volva.
The item is round,' fmooth, fiilular, and of a pale grey
colour, eafily diviiible into fmall filaments.
The curtain is of a greyiih white, thin, and of a very light
and dawny texture breaks and entirely vamihes foon after the
plant appears above ground.
The gills in three feries, deep, and remote; of a tough pliable
fubitance, and a pale duiky fleih colour.
The pileus a fordid purple brown, covered with a glutinous
matter, two inches in diameter, lobed, waved, and crupled in
a very irregular manner; while young irregularly deflected
round the margin, at all times a little beaked or elevated in the
centre.
Grows in dry and barren pafture and meadow ground, about
Halifax, in great plenty, in Auguit and September.