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T A B. CCXLIV.
AGARICOS GIGANTEUS. Sibth. Oxon. 420,
í F this be Dr. Sibthorp's plant, it will appear he was
the firft to notice it as a Britifli fpecies, to which it
certainly has a claim. The general magnitude of the
head on a iliort thick ftipes, and the profufion in
which it occurs, will readily diftinguilli it. I once
found it in Richmond Park, where there were fome
fpecimens more than nine inches in diameter. The
upper part of the ñipes is fomewhat tomentofe.
T A B . CCXLV.
AGARICUS LISTEKI. JVitb. ed. 3. q). 4. 158.
I BELIEVE this no other than a jilant of Agaricus
Lijieri, and think myfelf wrong in making tab. 104
Lifter's plant, which is fureJy another fpecies. A. lactiftuus
acris. Bull. 200 ; A. acris 538, except H and G ;
K.plumbeus,tab. 282; and A. plomb.\ tab. fig. 2,
are moft likely the true Lijleri. I have fkind It in
great quantities without branched gills, from a parchment
white, to almoft black*, refembling A. elephantinus,
from which it is readily diftinguiilied by the
clofenefs of its lamella;: my tab. 104! has conftantly
branched and inofculating lamella;; and I never found
it blacken in decay.
* In this (late ¡t is ihe A. pl:,mb,„s Bull, as above ; A. plumbm, of Dr.
Vv'itherlDg is undoubtedly a variety of A. mufiarim Linn.
t A fipcrau.s of moft Englift, authors muft have another name, fuppofinj;
Dr. Withering right in his idea of A.piperatus.
T A B . CCXLVI.
AGARICUS cARNOsus. Curt. Lond. fafc. t.-ji.
N O T very rare, but fometinies fo varying from the
common charaiter as not readily to be diftinguiilied,
though certainly a d'lftinft fpecies, and by no means
related to A. clypeolarius, as Dr. Withering feems to
intimate. I have found it in Lord Mansfield's woods,
Hampftead, in woods in Norfolk, on Moufliold heath
near Norwich, and other places.
T A B. CCXLVII.
AGARICUS PRATENSIS. Hudf. 616.
O R E A D E S . With. ed. 3. V. 4. 221.
C H A M P I G N O N S are well known to be ufed in
fauces and made diflres in many parts of England, as
well as on the Continent. Bulliard diftinguiflies two
forts, which appear to me to be varieties, depending
on foil or other circumftances. They grow in meadows,
heaths, road-fides, banks, &c. in moft feafons,
after rain plentifully; always tending to form circles
or fairy-rings as they are called. The different fpecimens
vary a little in colour from a light to a deep
buff". The pileus is fomewhat convex; the lamellx»
not immerons; the ftipes feldom quite fmooth; the
whole plant inclining to a leathery texture. This
fpecies is fometinies called the Scotch bonnet. See
Rait Svn. p. 6. n. 27. It frequently has an agreeable
odour like almond kernels.
AGARICUS SEMIGLOBATUS. IVith. 3. ed. v. 4. 270.
G L U T I N O S U S . Curt. Lond.fafc. t. 6g.
C o m m o n almoft every-where. It is moft generally
of a hemifphxrical form, yet, like other fungi,
occafionally varies, and perhaps may furniflr a new