GROWING about HALIFAX. 5 



AGARICUS Jiipitatus, pileo rotunda coccineo, lamellis olivaceis VI. 



Jh'pite incee quale, pompofus. 



POMPOUS AGARIC. 



TAB. V. 



^PHE root confifls of an hard and pointed termination of the 

 flem, covered with dawny fibres, of a white grey colour ; 

 it has no volva. 



The Hem is three or four inches high, largefl r.bove, taper- 

 ing towards the root, often bent irregularly, of a pale yellow 

 above, brown near the root, and eafily divides in yellow filky 

 filaments. 



The curtain a pale yellow colour, breaks like a fine and de- 

 licate fpider's web, or the finefl filky dawn. It quite vanifhes 

 before the decay of the plant. 



The gills in three feries, narrow, thin, numerous, and de- 

 licate ; while young of a pale yellow, afterwards changing to a 

 greenifh olive colour. They adhere to the flem by a narrow 

 claw. 



The pileus two or three inches diameter, deflected round the 

 margin, where it is of a yellow colour, gradually changing to 

 a fine orange, as it approaches towards the centre, which is of 

 a deep orange or fcarlet colour. The flefh thick, brittle, and of 

 a pale yellow. 



Grows in woods about Halifax, frequent in September 

 and October. 



