7 o An HISTORY of AGARICS, 



LXXX. AG ARTCUS Jlipitatus, pileo globofo caftaneo, margine lobata in- 

 nuceui. curvo, lamellis trijidis undulatis, Jlipite gracile a/bo Jijiutofo. 



HASLE-NUT AGARIC. 



TAB. LXX. 



'Hp'HE root is an hard tubercle, furnifhed with fibres of a 

 •*" mouldy grey colour. 



The flem is upright, fiflular, of a pale dead white, and 

 about the thicknefs of a crow's quill near the root, growing 

 gradually fmaller upwards ; the height is about four inches ; 

 the fubfiance thin, tender, and ealily fplitting in fniall mining 

 filaments. 



The gills are arranged in three feries ; they are broad and 

 thin, gently waved on the edges, and touch not the item with 

 their bafe; the fubfiance is thin and delicate, and the colour a 

 pale pretty brown. 



The pileus the fize and colour of a Spanifh hafle-nut ; the 

 top umbilicated, the margin lohed and very much rolled in, fo 

 as to touch the flem, or even to pafs by it ; the oppofite lobes 

 prefiing againfl, or lying over each other. It is deflitute of 

 flem, of a dry pliable fubfiance, and a fmooth, dry, fiiky, 

 fhining furface. 



This fpecies came up in abundance, amongd the young fir 

 trees in the new plantation near Mount Pellon, in October, 

 1787; I have ie.cn it in other places, in dry and barren foils, 

 amongfl heath and furze bullies. 



