PROPERTIES OF CRYPTOGAMIC PLANTS 71 



Agaricus mromaticus, Sow. Aromatic Agaric. 



"Whole plant, wlien fresh, so tender that it is difficult to 

 gather. Odor agreeably spicy ; taste watery, with a peppermint- 

 like coolness in the mouth, and a lasting roughness in the throat." 

 Sowerby. The A. aromaticus of IN"., Roques says, has a fine 

 taste, and is by some preferred to truffles. Hist, des Champs. 

 256. 



Agaricus semiglobatus, Bat., Cont. 110 ; Pers., Syn. 4:07 ; R. 205. 

 " glutinosus^ Curt., Fl. Lond. 205. 

 " virosus, Sow. 



Hemispherical Agaric. Rich meadows and dunghills ; May 

 and November ; S. C. ! to Penn. 



According to Sowerby, this species is injurious. Prof, de 

 Candolle places all the coprins among the poisonous fungi. 

 Their tenuity, their rapid alteration, sweetish, and sometimes 

 acrid taste, is sufficient to proscribe them. Roques, Hist, des 

 Champs. Ven. 207. 



Aga/ricus alho-hrunneus, Pers. 



" striatus, Schoeff. , In clusters on the ground, 



White and Brown Airaric 



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and on stumps ; Novem- 

 ber. 



" glutinosus, Bull. 



" visGosus, Purt. 3, 208, 



■Remarkably glutinous. BuUiard describes his plant as hav- 

 ing no unpleasant taste nor smell; and Fries, in his Ohs. Myc. 

 confirms this, and suspects that it may be eatable. Persoon, on 

 the contrary, who describes four states, pronounces all more or 

 less bitter and acrid. Crypt. Eng. 



Agaricus castaneus, Bull., Champ. 268 ; Pers., Syn. 298 ; 

 Roques, Hist. 292. Common in woods, in spring and autumn ; 

 S. C. to Penn. 



It has the taste of a good mushroom, and is eaten in Italy. 



Agaricus hmmatochelis, Bull., Champ. 596 ; Roques, D. C. 

 Fl. Fr. 535. Grows in spring and autumn, in dry woods. 



It has a slightly sapid taste, and nothing which would an- 

 nounce injurious properties. Roques, Hist. 293. 



Agaricus rutilans, Schoeff. Crimson-red, Downy Agaric. 

 Odor strong, disagreeable ; taste bitter, nauseous. 



