1 6 HI S TORY of AGARIC«,
E L A S T I C AGARIC.
• T -A E. : XVI.
^ p H E root is hard and tuberous, emitting numerous browa
fibres, by means whereof, it takes firm hold in the
ground, it fuftains feveral plants, and | deiHtl of volva. ,
The ilem.is unequal in'thicknefs, being W i t near'the B B I H B i * m —
• M m M S br0Wn or ruft colour> white- within and
eaiily divides into thin fibres, or filaments' ; '
The curtain is of a dead white, .0f a tough fubftance
breaks round the verge of the pileus, and • H
of the item, like a little thick ruffle, for feveral day^.. f ^ ^ ^
I III il arC I • feries' • tough, and remote; of
claw ^ and ;adhere to the. item by a narrow
The pileus is convex, an inch in diameter, of a browniih
ruit, or forrugenious colour, looks and feels like woollen cloth
not of the befi quality, being a litle harih to the touch. The
fleih is white, of a fpongy elaftic fubitance, and has a taile not
difagreeable. The whole plant.is of a tough leathery fubilance
and in decay dries and withers.
ffiRBHGI ba r ' e n £rounds> - under oak -trees, in
uttober. This fpecimen grew under oak trees in the Park at
tixby, m Oftober, 1786. i n
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