■i6 An HISTORY of AGARICS, 



XVII. AGARICUS Ji'tpititatus, pileo convexo ferrugenio, lamellis 

 tlaftkus. trijidis remotis rigidus, cortina elajlica albida, Jlipite 



incequale. 



ELASTIC AGARIC, 



TAB. XVI. 



'"T^HE root is hard and tuberous, emitting numerous brown 

 fibres, by means whereof, it takes firm hold in the 

 ground ; it fuftains feveral plants, and is deflitute of volva. 



The flem is unequal in thicknefs, being largefl near the 



root, and gradually tapering upwards ; it is folid, firm, and 



elaflic; of a red brown or rufl colour, white within, and 



eafily divides into thin fibres, or filaments. 



The curtain is of a dead white, of a tough fubflance, 

 breaks round the verge of the pileus, and remains on the top 

 of the flem, like a little thick ruffle, for feveral days. 



The gills are in three feries, grofs, tough, and remote ; of 

 a dufky white colour, and adhere to the flcm by a narrow 

 claw* 



The pileus is convex, an inch in diameter, of a browniili 

 rufl, or ferrugenious colour, looks and feels like woollen cloth 

 not of the befl quality, being a litle harfh to the touch. The 

 fleih is white, of a l'pongy elaflic fubflance, and has a tafle not 

 difagreeable. The whole plant is of a tough leathery fubflance, 

 and in decay dries and withers. 



Grows in dry and barren grounds, under oak trees, in 

 Oclober. This fpecimen grew under oak trees in the Park at 

 Fix by, in October, 1786. 



