A gARICUS FIMETARIUS. EGG M u SHROOM.
AGARICUS Linmei Geri. PI. C r y p tog am ia Fungi.
Fungus horizontalis fubtus Iamellofus.
Raii Syn. Gen. i. Fungi.
AGARICUS fimetanus■ ftipitatus, pileo campanulas lacera, lamellis nigris lateraliter flexuofis
flipite fiftulofo. Lin.SyJl.Vegetab.fi.Kao. Spec. P t . f i .r f t f . PI.Suede, n. 1215. ’
AMANITA albus, campanulas, fquamofus, nigrefeens. Haller, h jl. kelv, fi. 157. 2357.
AGARICUS Jmetarius. Scopoli FI. Camiol. n. 1484.
AGARICUS pileo campanulas contrafto, ftriato et villofo, lamellis tenuiffimis ; petiole cvlin-
draceo, annulo fugaci, diftmao, vel nullo. G l e d it c h ; Pmg. fi. 122. *
FUNGUS albus ovum referens. Buxbaum. Cent. 4. t. 27. fig. L Raii Sm i e „ n
Fl.Angl.fi. 493. Lightfoot FI. Scot. fi. 1021. Schaeffer tab. 7. 8.-46. 47. '100. ^
Gregatim plerumque nafeuntur hi Fungi, fubinde vero
fohtani inveniuntur. $
STIPES primum pileo penitus obtegitur, mox femi- f
pedalis, evadit, cylindricus, fiftulofus, al- |
biflimus, medulla, Jiliformi, intra tubum I
libera. %
VOLVA nulla, fed margo inftar volvse ex margine f
pilei lacero ftipitem cingens infra laminas. %
PILEUS albus, in junioribus oblongus, digitalis, mox %
fubcampanulatus,deraum fere planus; C a r o |
tenuis, C u t i s in fquamas fufeas laciniatas É
Jurfum revolutas Jeparans, quae ccelo intern- %
peftivo pluviis faepe abluuntur, pileo decor- v
ticato albo relifto.
LAMELLAE numerofae, lineas tres latte, primum f
albiflimae, farina quafi adfperfae, in adultis X
laxae, jlexuojiz cum ruboris tin&ura, demum !-•
nigricantes, in liquorem atramentofum dif- \
fluentes. %
Thefe Mufhrooms mod commonly rife out o f the
ground in clufters, fometimes they grow
fin g ly .
S T A LK at firft is wholly covered by the Pileus or
Cap, but foon grows to the height of fix
inches, is cylindrical, hollow, and very white,
the pith within the tube isjhapedhke 'a thread
, and looje.
RING proper, none, but a flight edging like a ring
from the torn edge of the cap mrrounds the
ftalk below the. gills.
CAP w h i t e , in t h e y o u n g o n e s oblong, t h e l e n g th of
t h e f in g e r , p r e f e n t l y b e c o m i n g fo m e w h a t
b e l l - lh a p e d , f in a l l y a lm o f t f l a t ; t h e F l e s h
th in ; th e S k i n feparating into brown flakes
which curl upwards, a n d w h i c h in f h o w e r y
w e a t h e r a r e o f t e n walked o f f b y t h e r a in s
leaving the CaP naked and white.
GILLS numerous, three lines broad, at firft exceedingly
white and covered as it were with powder,
when full grown they are loofely con-
ne&ed and waved, with a tinge of red, finally
they become black and diflolve into an inky
liquor. 1
,T!?e Fungi generally known in Englilh by the names o f Mu/hrooms and Toad-Pools are a tribe nf
which, while they have afforded abundant matter o f curious inquiry to the philolophic natur»IiftP b * ’
varieties.6 ^ m°^ unweaned attempts o f the Botanift to ’reduce them to theh feverTfpedes and
=.reAibhOU|?b’ P° int ofu.ti,ity t° .mankind> they may not compare with many other families o f plants vet
f ' t ley by ™ means without their importance in the general cecohomy of nature. Whatever is not imme
diately applicable to our own wants, we are apt to think too lightly of- forgettimr that the f
numerous inhabitants o f this terraqueous globe, are equally the objefts o f the care o f ’an all-bountiful Cream?6
0 f f h e T k I n T tyM ™ ^ ed0n 11,6 dlfferent fp6Ci6S ° f rUngi' Par“ UIarfy ^ H I « — L t e ,
- M !°me countries, Mulhrooms are made much more an obieEl of food than ,„;,h ,%• _ ,
m m often t0reat fuch as are in th.eir S f r o s poifonous, whence direful efl'efts have too oftenPp??ceeded6
ith us they are ufed more as an article o f luxury, and the markets being chiefly fupplied by the cultivators'
o f them, who propagate one particular fpecies, thefe fatal accidents fcarcely ever happen here
To prevent, however, any accidents o f this kind, perhaps the bell advice would h j 1 r
general, to meddle with no other fort than the common fiefd Mulhroom which is generally cuk^med6" 5 'd
rather to procure fuch of thole who cultivate them, than o f thole who ? a y occVf onallv offer hem , V T
and to render a knowledge o f this fpecies more obvious, we propo™ in f u s e „ u m b e r ,n 1 J T fi 3'e If
y roa“ “L ftaher - M endeavou,r ,0 df . in?ui(h it from tPhe others in the plaineft tanner® ^
*rom the oblervations already made on this Genus, we are led to think that th* r ■ r ,
are more diflinfl, and lefs liabl/to thofe amazing alte'ration? whfch'Botank t f o ™ u fo fln fw h T c h n t 'd
are fufficient to intimidate the ftudent, and deter him from entering on a fipld u t ° n^n 1 , ^ed
m t e n d s l h e f I ■ o f TheretTne^p a ^ f u r n t n e f
,?S V l S E y i they ™ake their principal appearance in autumn, at a time o f the year whetf the Bo an S
s moft at leifure to obferve them, and when fcarcely any other plants engage his attention Next fucceed
the wmtry Moffes: and thus the Botan.ft's perpetual fummer is rendered complete. d
degmee p S o u s ere %Ur6 DOt 6316,1 “S ; yet lhere aPPaa- no reafo? to fufpeft its being in any
probabl?whm?thm?lmsd^ee?{bm?dungIintmrnixPtd m^er5 ^ tke ii,des ° f roads, growing out of the ground,
bqufd, ^fl^mtmy mlmm^f^th^feme^ind!''^1 pUrPle c° i°uri and often white, finally diflolving into a black