CHAPTER VIII. 

 A Comprehensive Catalogue of Esculent British Fungi.* 



ORDER AGARIC INI. 



Genus AGAIilCUS. Sub-rjenus AMANITA. 



(1.) AGARICUS ASPER ; Amanita asper ; The Rough Amanite. 



Habitat. In woods ; on bare ground under beeches. Solitary. 



Season. June to October. Common. 



Pileus. Two to tliree inches across, livid, greenish or brownish 

 gi-ey j verrucoso, convex, obtuse, at length expanded, nearly plane. 

 Warts white, small, acute, persistent. Margin even. 



Stem. Two to three inches high, white, silky, attenuate upwards, 

 thick, striate above, bulbous and scabrous below. Ring broad, 

 entire, white, deflexed, distant. Volva obliterate. 



Section. Flesh white, brownisli under cuticle, unchanging, thick, 

 comj)aet. Stem stulTed, at length hollow. Gills white, broad in 

 fn))it, rounded behind, numerous, perhaps denticulate, free. Odour 

 sliglit. Taste mild, saltish. Spores white. 



Obs. I have eaten it, and regard it as wholesome. But it is not commend- 

 able, having a briny taste even after cooking. It may be mistaken for Am. 

 rubescens, if the unchanging white flesh is not noticed. — W. B. II. 



(2.) AGARICUS CECILI.E ; Amanita Cecilia ; The Cecilia. 



Habitat. Airy glades and high ground in woods. Solitary. 



Season. August and September. Common. 



nicus. Three to four inches across, mouse-grey, border becoming 

 yellowish ; ovate in the volva, then cam])anuhite, convex. Warts 

 torn, grey, loose. ;Margin sulcate, smooth, perhaps fringed with 

 warty fragments. 



• This catalogue is in so far comprehensive that it comprises all British species 

 whoso esculent i)roperties have been certilied, to the extent of the author's 

 infornintion. It may very well be that additions to the list will have to be made 

 in the future. 



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