base to the stem so characteristic of the A. procerus and its near relatives; A. crista his has a "root con- 

 sisting of a mass of white branching fibres of considerable tenacity, and generally retaining a quantity of 

 soil." Certainly there is nothing tempting to the palate about this pretty Agaric, rs the scent is rather 

 unpleasant than not ; but it is very graceful, and so pure and clean looking as to have much the advantage 

 " personally " over the esculent kinds allied to it. A charge of deleterious quaHties lies against A. clypeo- 

 larius, but it is quite as likely, if true at all, to apply to tliis, for they have been frequently confounded : we 

 recommend neither, as the safest plan. 



