GROWING about HALIFAX. 3 



AGARICUS Jlipitatus, pileo cameo lac~lefcente, lamettis. rujis, in 

 Jiipite longo corneo, Sp: PI: 1641. Hudfon Angl: 614. laaifli 

 Flo: Scot: 1 01 2. Scharf: Fung: tab: 73. Buliiard, PI: 

 282. 



MILKY AGARIC. 



TAB. III. 



HpIIE root is fwelled, hard, round, of a brown colour, and 

 emits brownifh fhort fibres from its fides ; it produces one 

 plant only, and is not furrounded by a volva. 



The ftem is round, hard, and firm, generally leaning, or 

 curved ; it is the thicknefs of one's little finger, and three 

 inches high ; the fubfiance is white within, and the colour on 

 the outfide a pale reddifh brown. — There is no curtain. 



The gills in three feries, narrow, arched, and adhering to the 

 item by a narrow claw; they are numerous, and of a brittle 

 fubftance. While young they are white, afterwards changing 

 to a pale browniih buff colour; when wounded or broken a 

 white milky fluid, of a mild tafte, iffues out in round drops. 



The pileus at firft convex, afterwards becomes horizontal, 

 and at laft funnel fliaped ; but in all its fiages, from firft to laft, 

 the margin is deflected. The furface is dry, fmooth, and feels 

 like cloth ; of a dark cinnamon brown colour, and from two 

 to four inehes diameter. The fubftance of the flefli drv and 







brittle. 



Grows in woods about Halifax abundantly, from Auguil 

 to November. 



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