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46 An HISTORY of AGARICS, 



LIU. AGARICUS Jiipitatus, pileo hemifph&rico amplo coccineo, cum 

 bilis. Jragmentis niveis eleganter ornato, volva dupla, radicale 



lobata perjifiante, pileana lac er at a. 



NOBLE AGARIC. 



TAB. XLVI. 



/ T r HE root approaches to a bulb-fhape, is white, and of a 

 ■^ fubftance fimiliar to that of the ftem; it is furrounded 

 with a thick white volva, which enwraps the whole plant in its 

 infant ftate, and abides till the decay of the plant. 



The ftem is firm, folid, brittle, cylindrical, white, up- 

 right, and four inches high. 



The curtain is white, pretty firm, and has fome degree of 

 elafticity; it feparates from the pileus all round the margin, 

 and abides for fome time like a white' ruffle round the ftem. 



The gills are arranged in three feries, of a femi-oval fhape, 

 not adhering to the ftem, of a pure white colour, and foft de- 

 licate fubftance. 



The pileus is furrounded by a volva proper to itfelf, de- 

 tached and feparate from the radical volva; this is a thin, light, 

 white dawny epidermis or covering, which enwraps the fub- 

 ftance of the pileus, while it is yet enclofed in the radical volva, 

 and, after its eruption, is by the increafe of the pileus torn in 

 fragments, which are as white as fnow, and remaining on its 

 iurface, give an elegant and pleafing appearance to the plant. 



The pileus is convex, the rim entire, the colour of its fur- 

 face a fine, clear, bright, and glowing fcarlet ; is fmooth, and 

 feels like fine vellum ; the fubftance of the fiefh is white, thick, 

 and brittle. 



This plant differs from the Agaricus mufcarius, in having a 

 volva or covering proper to the pileus only, and in having the 

 gills arranged in three feries. . 



The fpecimen here figured and defcribed, I gathered in- a 

 plantation at Mills-Bridge, near Huddersfield. 



