3 3 An" HISTORY or AGARICS, 



XXXIX. AGARICUS Jlipitatus, pileo fulvo, margine, Jlriato, lameliis 

 trihlm. omnibus ctqualibus, jlipite bafi volvata. 



TRILOBATE A G A R I C. 



T A B. XXXVIII. F I G. II. 



THE root is fwollen, and of a bulbous figure ; is foft, and 

 of a pale kind of orange colour : it is inclofed in an ele- 

 gant volva, of the fame colour, which is divided almoft to the 

 centre in three lobes or fegments. It is of a foft dawny fub- 

 flance, the thicknefs of glove-leather, and feels between the 

 fingers to be of a fubftance fimilar thereto. It is permanent, 

 abiding till the decay of the plant. 



The ftem grows gradually fmaller from the root upwards, 

 while young it is folid, round, and fmooth ; when old be- 

 comes ftftular, but with a dawny matter in the perforation ; it 

 is of a pale kind of cinnamon colour, and four inches high : 

 there is no curtain. 



The gills are in one feries, rather remote, deep, not ad- 

 hering to the flern, narrow at the bafe, increaling in breadth to 

 the extremity, where they are broad, and terminate obtufely : 

 they are of a pale cinnamon brown. 



The pileus is fmooth, flriated near the margin, three inches 

 diameter, and of a beautiful bright brown, inclining to an 

 orange colour. 



Grows in the dry parts of woods about Halifax. The fpeci- 

 mens here figured, I gathered in Ramfden, Auguffc 31, 1787. 



XL- AGARICUS Jlipitatus parvus, pileo conico Jlriato flavo, lameliis 

 lateo a/ha. trifdis albis, Jlipite flijornia. 



YELLOW and WHITE AGARIC. 



TAB. XXXVIII. FIG. I. 



'HpHE root confifls of a few fibres, by which it adheres to 

 ■*■ decayed plants y particularly moffes of various kinds, 



The flern is the thicknefs of an hog's brittle, of a pale 

 yellow, and an inch high. 



The gills are white, deep, and arranged in three feries. 



The pileus of a pale yellow, conical, and flriated. 



Grows common in woods near Halifax. 



