66 An HISTORY of AGARICS, 



AGARICUS Jlipitatus, pileo conico obtufo, colore vario cinorio 

 varim. grifeo Jive nigro, lamellis trifidis Jlipite Jilijorme. 



VARIABLE AGARIC. 



TAB. LXVI. FIG. I. 



*T~ S HE root confifts of an hard tubercle, the fize of a rape- 

 -*■ feed ; it is furnifhed with numerous Ihort fibres. 



The ftem is cylindrical, fiftular, the thicknefs of a fwal- 

 low's quill, white, but dufky near the root, and three or four 

 inches high. 



The gills are arranged in three feries, and run into a point 

 at the bafe ; the firft feries adhering to the top of the item by a 

 fmall claw. 



The pileus is generally grey, but fubjecl: to great variety in 

 its colours, being fometimes afh coloured, dufky pale brown, 

 or of a full footy black. 



Grows amongft the grafs in pafture grounds, in October. 



LXXr. AGARICUS Jlipitatus, piieo conico acuto ruber-fufco, lamellis 

 cu/pidatus. Jubfufcis baji angujlis, Jlipite fjlidojo. 



POINTED AGARIC. 



TAB. LXVI. F I G. II. 



'Hp'HE root is a round hard tubercle, furnifhed with nu- 

 ■*■ merous fibres. 



The ftem cylindrical, fmooth, upright, hard, of a brownifh 

 hue, and four or five inches high ; it is fiftular, with a very 

 fmall perforation, and eafily fplits in fine filaments. 



The gills are in three feries, of a pale dufky brown, a thin 

 pliable fubftance, and pointed at the bafe. 



The pileus is acutely cone-fhaped, the rim even and entire, 

 the furface fmooth, and filky to the touch ; of a pretty reddifh 

 brown, inclining to a cinnamon colour. 



Grows in fallowed fields, where the weeds have been burnt, 

 in woods, or places where charcoal has lately been made. 



