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  BRITISH 
  FUNGI. 
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  although 
  without 
  any 
  charms 
  of 
  colouring 
  to 
  check 
  the 
  

   rambler 
  in 
  his 
  path, 
  and 
  cause 
  him 
  to 
  stay 
  and 
  admire. 
  

   All 
  its 
  charms 
  are 
  those 
  which 
  appeal 
  to 
  the 
  internal 
  

   sensibilities 
  of 
  the 
  gastric 
  regions. 
  This, 
  sometimes 
  

   called 
  the 
  Clouded 
  Agaric 
  (A. 
  nebuhris), 
  has 
  generally 
  a 
  

   mouse-grey 
  or 
  dun-coloured 
  pileus, 
  scarcely 
  four 
  inches 
  

   in 
  diameter, 
  supported 
  upon 
  a 
  robust 
  stem 
  of 
  about 
  three 
  

   inches 
  in 
  height. 
  The 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  pileus 
  is 
  rolled 
  in, 
  

   and 
  the 
  fungus 
  has 
  altogether 
  a 
  smoky 
  appearance, 
  as 
  

   though 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  exiled 
  from 
  town 
  to 
  vegetate 
  peni- 
  

   tentially 
  in 
  the 
  wood. 
  The 
  gills 
  are 
  dirty 
  white, 
  nume- 
  

   rous, 
  and 
  run 
  a 
  little 
  way 
  down 
  the 
  stem. 
  The 
  flesh 
  is 
  

   thick, 
  and 
  odour 
  strong. 
  

  

  It 
  must, 
  moreover, 
  not 
  be 
  forgotten 
  that 
  the 
  spores 
  

   in 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  snowy 
  whiteness, 
  so 
  abundant 
  as 
  

   to 
  sprinkle 
  and 
  whiten 
  the 
  surrounding 
  grass, 
  which 
  

   will 
  enable 
  the 
  novice 
  to 
  avoid 
  confounding 
  it 
  with 
  less 
  

   useful 
  or 
  more 
  noxious 
  species 
  with 
  pinkish 
  or 
  roseate 
  

   spores. 
  

  

  All 
  who 
  have 
  tried 
  this 
  fungus 
  — 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  distinguish 
  — 
  agree 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  most 
  deli- 
  

   cate 
  flavour, 
  and 
  easy 
  of 
  digestion. 
  

  

  The 
  Fragrant 
  Agaric 
  (^4. 
  odorus) 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  beautiful 
  

   little 
  species, 
  but 
  far 
  from 
  common. 
  In 
  dry 
  weather 
  

   especially, 
  it 
  exhales 
  an 
  odour 
  reminding 
  one 
  of 
  new- 
  

   mown 
  hay 
  or 
  melilot. 
  The 
  pileus 
  is 
  from 
  two 
  to 
  three 
  

   inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  and 
  generally 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   greenish 
  tint. 
  The 
  gills 
  are 
  numerous, 
  pale, 
  or 
  tinged 
  

   with 
  flesh-colour. 
  The 
  stem 
  is 
  solid 
  and 
  firm. 
  It 
  has 
  

   the 
  reputation 
  of 
  supplying 
  a 
  rather 
  delicate 
  dish 
  ; 
  but 
  

  

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