GROWING about HALIFAX. ji 



AG ARICUS Jlipitatus, pileo fubconico ficco elafiico, lamellis LVIII. 

 paucis trifidis, Jiipite prcelongo gracili. atro-rufus. 



LITTLE DARK - BROWN AGARIC. 



TAB. U. F I G. I. 



'"TpHE root is a little round tubercle, the fize of a rapefeed, 

 ■*■ emitting a few dawny fibres. 



The item is cylindrical, filiform, dry, elaftic, and of a 

 brown colour. ( There is no curtain. 



The gills are in three feries, few in number, tough, pliable, 

 and of a reddifh brown colour. 



The pileus bluntly cone-fhaped or convex, fmooth, dry, 

 and of a dark brown. 



Grows in dry and barren paflure grounds, amongft various 

 kinds of mofs. 



AGARICUS Jlipitatus luteus, Jiipitis parte inferiore et pileo LIX * 

 conico villo/is, lamellis albis numerojis denjis. croceus. 



SAFFRON - COLOURED AGARIC. 



TAB. LI. F I G. II. 



' I V HE root confifts of a multitude of dawny fibres, adhering 

 "*■ to a misfhapen piece of fungous matter, which fends up 

 numerous plants in fucceffion. 



The item is round, upright, folid, three inches high, and 

 the greatefr. part thereof, as well as the whole furface of the 

 pileus, is covered with a clofe nap or hairy dawny covering, of 

 a pale farTron colour, which ferves the purpofe of a volva to 

 the pileus and flem, but does not enwrap the root. 



When the rim of the pileus begins to unfold, the volva 

 breaks, and the flem afterwards increafing in length, is naked, 

 and of a pale yellow above. 



The gills are arranged in three feries, they are white and 

 numerous. 



Grows in the Burks, and other woods about Halifax. 



