AGARICUS Linnoei Gen. PI. C r y p t o g a m ià F u n g i .
Raii'Syn. Gen. ï . F u n g i .
AGARICUS ovatus pileo o'vato fub'plicato, flipite nudô ad balïn àttenuato fcabriufculô ; lamellis
cïeberrimis fubcoalefcentibus.
AMANITÀ pileo ovatô ftriàto, cinereo, annulate, fugaci. Haller hijt. helv. n. 2479.
AGARICUS ùvatus. Scopoli Fl. Càrniol. n. 1579. . Diagii. Albus, ce/pitofu's-, vertïce rvfcfcente\
fiipite cylindrico et ànnùlofugaa cinBo.
AGARICUS ; Volya exceptus, pileo campanulato, ftriàto, vertïce laèvi, petiolô aniiülàtO, cyïindràceo,
fiftulofo-, in bafîn roftratum defiriente. Gleditch, Method. Fùngor. p. 89.
FUNGUS> qui volvam vix egrefliis iti âtràmentum refolvitilr, pileôlo campànulato, plumbeô, vertice
lâsvi, reliqua parte ftriàto, pedicülo cylindricô-, albo, fiftulofo, ràdice rôftrata. Michel.
N. PI. G. 189. t. 80. ƒ . 5.
FUNGUS multiplex ôvatüs cinereus. Vailï.p. 73. ï. 12 . fig. 16, i l .
FUNGÜS Fuperficiei murini coloris, lamellis albicaritibus. Raii Syn. p. 5. 21.
AGARICUS plicdtus, ftipitatüs, pileo ovatp ftriàto plicato cinereô, vertice lævi, flipite ahnulato
fiftulofo, bafi fubulato. Pucker’d Agaric* Lightfoot Flora Scotica.è. 1029. Sckceffer.
icon, tab: 17-, 67, 68.
STIPES; Stipites plüres e terra aut ligno femiputrido i
àSgre.gat^m.a^ur8entes> inferne extra pileum <
fcabriufculi ; ad bafîn attenuati, fufci, fuperne \
intra pileum albiflimi, fubfulcati, ad apicem t,
fenfim attenuati, in adultis ftipes femipedalis,«^
fubcylindricus, lævis, craffitie minimi digiti j
aut major evadit, modice firmus et carnolus, \
fiftulofus, nudus ; tranfverfim feÊlus circulos jj
in carne exhibens. ?
STALKS, generally fpringing from the earth, Or decayed
Wood, in’ clufters ; the lower part,
without the cap, roughifh, o f a brown colour,
and tapering to the bale; the upper part,
within the cap, very white, flightly grooved,
and tapering gradually to the top ; when full
grown, it becomes fix inches high, nearly cylindrical,
fmooth, and the thicknefs.of the
4 little finger, or larger, moderately firm and
% flefhy, hollow and naked, and cut through
4 the middle fhews circles in the flefhy part.
$ RING wanting.
I CAP JirJl oval or obtufely conical, the mouth contraft-
4 ed, and puckered around the ftalk, folid,
| heavy, and of a light brown colour ; in the
I fu l l grown ones, fomewhat bell-fhaped, about
$ three inches in breadth, of a moufe colour,
I marked with umber coloured- or ferruginous
% fpots, particularly at the top ; the top of a
f deeper colour, fmooth, but fometimes flightly
I chopped; the fides more or lefs deeply
4 grooved, becoming finally almoft flat, the
edge curling up.
GILLS very numerous, compaft, and broad, connected
together by tranfverfe filaments, inconfpicuous
to the naked eye, whence they fo coalefce, that
it is difficult to feparate a Angle gill entirely ;
at firft white, quickly the lower half becomes
o f a blackifh colour, and laftly the whole of
the gills diffolves into a black inky liquid : the
internal furfaceof the cap, in the young ones,
is fprinkled over with a very fine grey powder.
VOLVA nulla.
VILENSprimum ovatus aut obtufe conicus, circa orem
contraQus, et fubplicatus, folidus, pondero-
fus, pallide fufcus ; in a^M^wfubcampanula-
tus, latitudine ad tres uncias accedens, muri-
nus, maculis umbrinis aut ferrugineis praeci-
pue ad verticem notatus, vertex faturatius co-
iorata, lasvis, fubinde vero fubfqqamofa; late-
ra plus minufve fulcata, demum fere planus,
margine revoluto.
LAMELLÆ creberrimce, compaB.ce, latae, filamentis \
tranfverfis nudo oculo inconfpicuis connexce, <
unde, ita coalefcunt (prefertim in junioribus) j
utlamellam integram vix feparare queas, pri-
mum albæ, mox parsinferiordimidia nigrefeit, *■
et tandem totæ lamellae in liquamen atramen- ]
tofum refolvuntur ; fuperficies interna pilei i
in junioribus farinâ fubtiliflimâ canâ adfperfa. ]
It appears to be a matter o f much doubt, whether this Fungus, common as it appears to be in moil parts
0 fcuroRe> be defcrtbed by LtNNAtus. Certainly there are none o f his Agarici, which accord exaflly with
ours -. neither do H a l l e r , or S c o p o l i , quote L i n n -e u s in their defcriptions of it. S c h a f f e r , who appears
to be too fond of multiplying plates, has given it in no lefs than three. It is true, by this means, the pïTnt is
reprelented in its various dates ; but, perhaps, thefe might have been fatisfaSorily exhibited in a Tingle one —
1 1 r r y ' h“St0.be de 'neated in all their varieties, natural hiftory mutt fink under its own weight.
I lulpett thisfpecies to be the Fungusfuperf.de. murini colons lamellis albicantibus of R a y , t: f n «1 but
cannot fix it with certainty. S c o p o l i has given it the name of ovatus, which I have retained with Mr
U gh i F O O T S Enghih name, who has very accurately defcribed it. I agree with him entirely in confiderinjr it
as a fpecies ditlmft from the fimctmus, and with which, in my opinion, it has but little real affinity The
wbh-ÏÏri" ani here given, when contrailed, will make it unneceffary to particularize the peculiarities
«maïk t LUP-naCh- BUt 15 3 W »riV ° f ftruaure, occurring in i e ovatus, which feems worthy of
o-rpatK n h r j S P Cr0nnfe^e^ together by numerous tranfverfe bars or filaments, difcoverable only when
greatly magnified : the ufe of thefe appears to be to keep the Gills at an equal diftance from each other and
a n d S E n | 1 '?! fr.ua,ficatlons wb“ b are fituated on the flat furface of the lamellae, from being prefTed on
, deftroyed, by their very great clofenefs. I have not hitherto obferved this peculiarity of ftrtóure in anv
other Ttingns - in the fimctanus it certainly does not exift. Thefe conneffing filaments in the ovatus make It
exceeding difficult to feparate one of the lamellae entire. ’ Ke !t
Thefe Fungi are very common with us in the borders o f wet meadows, near the roots o f willow trees in
g rdens alfo, n e a rW e s , and by the fides of roads. They are found in thé greateft p l e n t y , h S l Z l i w
fnrine*,tember t0 Lbe f nd °r P®°f>er: 1 have all° found the fame fpecies in July. From the time o f theif
to hf ofU,he r Het Hme ° f ‘ j 61/ beS’,nn"!g t0 deLCay' is about five days. Their manner of decaying is fimilar
j'' ba? of the fmutanus, and fevera others; the Gills diflolving into a very black liquor, like ink which
dropping, carries with it the feed of the Mulhroom, which is obfervable in the liquor if greatly magnified
Hxe and alfo in colour, chiefly from a lighter to a paler brown. 4 8 X ° d‘
l ne vjrills are often found full o f little maggots.
There is no reafon to fufpea its being poifonous, nor yet can it be recommended as eatable.