GROWING about HALIFAX. n 



AGARICUS Jlipitatus, pileo hemifpharico 7ne??ibranecio (libido, XII, 



lamellis trijidis remotis paUidis,Jlipite allndo fjlulofo* mmbraneceus. 



MEMBRANEOUS AGARIC. 



TAB. XI. 



'T^HE root confifts of numerous dawny fibres connected to 

 a foft fpongy termination of the item below ; there is no 

 volva. 



The Hem white, fiftular, and of a thin fubftance, eaiily 

 dividing in fine filaments; It is about the thicknefs of a fwan's 

 quill, and two or three inches high : there is no curtain. 



The gills white, thin, deep, and remote, foft, flexible, and 

 very delicate ; afterwards acquire a faint reddiih brown tinge, 

 and turns quite black in decay. 



• The pileus hemifpherical, white, confifting of a thin 

 tranfparent membrane, fometimes a little waved round the 

 margin, and conftantly more or lefs deflected. 



Grows in the fhady parts of woods, on the decaying roots 

 of fallen oak trees, about Halifax, in feveral places. 



The whole of this plant is of a light thin fubftance, dry, 

 and looks and feels almofl like fine tiflue paper. It is a rare 

 fpecies. 



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