teruax/ttMUJA
garicus Æ ruginosus. V e r d ig r i s M u sh r o o m .
' . AGARICUS^L im ai Gen. PI. C r y f t o g Am i a F u n g i .
Fungus horizontalis, fubtus Iamellofus,
Raii Syn. Gen. 1 . F u n g i .
AGARICUS ^ ir^ - Ä Ä i«p«ne nigricante; piieo con.No. cæruleo-
AGARICUS us pileo convexo viridi, lamellis albidis, ftipite longo virefceme. Hudfin
AMANITA anulatus, pileo convexo cæruleo viridi. lamellis rofeo cæruleis. ' Haller Hift. n. 2444.
FUNGUS mediarpneomnco-nigtoei coloris obdufio. Rail Syn. ed. 3. f . 6. Beering Catal. Stirf.
FUNGUS P ^ o c u * Vifcido, interne viridi, et quaff vernigine oblito. inferne lamellis et pediculo
AGARICUS. Schoef. Icon. tab. 1.
Solitarius, et cæfpitofus in fylvis et pafcuis nafcitur, <
rarior nobifcum. <
STIPES biuncialis, feu triuncialis, ex albo virefcens, <
fiftulofus, annulatus, infra annulum floccofus’ <
teres, fubfragilis, fupra annulum lævis, fub- |
ftnatus, ad bafin lanuginofus, raro ftri&us. |
ANNULUS perfiftens, tenuis, fuperne ftriatus, e fufco 4
nigricans, inferne virefcens. |
PILEUS unciam ant duas latus-, primo convexo-coni- J
eus, ex cærulæo-viridis, lubriens et fubvifei- 0
dus, lævis, prope marginem et in margine I
ipfa floecis albidis adfperfus, demum planus o
aut parum concavus, e fufeo-lutefeens, cuti- $
cula facile feparanda. . j?
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LAMELLÆ numerofæ, brevioribus interjeâis, e fufco- {
purpurafeentes, parum nebulofæ, demum ni- <
gricantes.
Grows fingly, and in clufters, in woods and paftures
lcarce with us.
[ STA LK two or three inches high, o f a greenilh white
colour, hollow, ruffled, below the ruffle
I fhaggy, round, fomewhat brittle, above the
ruffle fmooth, and (lightly ftriated, at the
> dttc-vt bafe ’woolly, feldom perfeftly ftraight.
• -^uri’.LE permanent, (lender, on the upper fide ftri-
ated and of a blackifh purple colour, on the
‘ under fide greenilh.
CAP from one to two inches broad, at firll fomewhat
roundifli, yet conical, the colour of verdigris,
llippery and fomewhat vifeid, fmooth, except
near the edge, and on the edge itfelf, where
it is covered with a whitilh, ihaggy fubftance,
nnally flat, or a little concave, of a yellowilh
brown colour, the cuticle eafriy peeled off. ’
GILLS numerous, with Ihorter ones intervening, of
a brownilh purple colour, a little clouded -
nnally blackilh.
' as kmt“ en™ecl°: hence P? & "inch
young ones, efpecially in the mo rnLV GrI T f t o w e ^ ^ T ’ H I thlS f ° ™ m° ft ° bfervable i the
Fungi lofe their vifeidity. Next-to the greennefs and v^fcidhvoV M m & S ! 1 dry atmofPbere ^ e mod vifeid
where.it breaks from the annulus, is very apt to be ragged • we have alfo’ fn 6 P f I B p W that tbe edge o f it,
has an unufual tendency to feparate from the flelh The gills from th- ^ fo“ ncI’. tbat tbe f f c & n o f die cap
p f e fffli ° f jh e ^ e u r r f v e r ^ m tE e t im f i f l
i i l l S I i l f t a Very COnrpiCU° “ Charafter- T L S o f t b a . “ reeUn
a grafs plat in my
Heath, where i f the feafon be n o ! remarkably unfavo“ aWe t h e v V ^ I -he § 1 1 1 1 Hampftead-..
middle of September. ' * are Wltb certainty to be found about the
It has no acrid or difagreeable tafte : neverthelefs we dr, -„m , .
R a y ’s defeription, though a Ihort one and S m r r . n , ' r0t venture t01 pronounce it an eatable one.
quotes S c h a f f e r : we therefore conclude from thai- . s accord exactly with our plant. H a l l e r
defeription, that our plant is the fame as his- and M iche^ w’ l i o V f f '7 i ? S £ om the c? n(° nancy o f 1'«
fo e xa flly correfponding with R a y ’s, ?hat we h a v fn o d o u b t t h i f ° ? u° tedb y H a l l e r , gives a defeription
plant be the viridis o f Mr. H udson, we have our doubts- for to a!r° Is t/lc fam,e as ? urs- Whether our
Fungi; at the fame time that he quotes S c h e f f e r tab i four 'T ° fV aUjth£ rS Wno defcr,be tw,° different
he refers to M ich e l i , R a y , and S c o p o l i , who deferibe another £ 1 ^ ^ AI-LER-. n ' :2444. (our plant)
Virens; part o f his D ia g n . is S t iie s m id us R a v mm». ,u r r 1 nS us- St-°.P?M gives to his the name o f
Vfy lv a rum o f fe r efculentus, f e u ex albo virefcens o f J. JESauhiiV W m ! c3 ! | t J ' - S * ' ■■ S t e r b e c k , and the
tus fiileo fiulvinato, v ir id i, inferne cum f e d i c u h albo. This d efc r l^ on N m f t “ h“ ’ cS c}d cn ~
th6fe tW° are different fPedes i V -u f f'le a v e it l Mr.
S S IS f v n'rdd r-f«
chaos which L innaeus and other Botanifts have fo much lamented is rathf? to 1 i !e o fid"8 1,nvolved’ not
own imagination than as the child o f nature. The more we look irito^ ,h !f f ! „ - i f C ’T d aS a.crealure ° f their
convinced that our ignorance o f them depends on our inattention and w m i ! ohr b ?' P J ” a o ' " u ° r ‘ " 'C •r=
'. ™ them as on other plants, obferve them in all their Hates in all their M hK W " Bellow the lame pains
that each o f them has Tome peculiarity o feh araa er. The difeoverv o f this char ’ SSm B an n we,^la.n find
but this will not be found in the clofet. We may read over with the mnfi rVi f chara a e r is wnat we Ihould aim at;
G l e d it s c h , and H a l l e r , or turn over the LnltitndTnous 1 m , o f S r n " r T ’ B a T \ r r a ’
Fungi well we muff watch them.daily and yearly; in Ihort ^ mujl live with them. | v | P“ rp0fc: “ knOW the