TAB. XXXVI. 



AGARICUS ELEPHANTINUS. BoU. t. 2S. fVtl&.V. ^. ^l^. 



OoMMON in moft woods, parks, &;c. about the month 

 of Odlober. In decaying they gradually turn quite 

 black, as if burnt to charcoal, and feem almoft as du- 

 rable as that fubrtance. They are fo abundant in one 

 part of Kenfington Gardens, that when in the black Itate 

 (which they are during great part of the year) a cafual 

 obferver would think fires had been made where they 

 grow. When in perfe(5tion they are fometimes nearly 

 white. The gills often branch, and run one into an- 

 other, but are always clurafy. This fungus has a 

 pleafant nut-like tafte ; when cut it changes reddifh. 

 In the black flate it fupports fome parafitical fungi, 

 which we fhall hereafter take an opportunity of de- 

 lineating. 



TAB. XXXVII. 

 AGARICUS PERONATUS. BoU. t. 58. • With. v. 3. 329. 



1 HIS fpecies is bell diftinguiflied by the leathery ap- 

 pearance of the pileus, and the llalk being clothed half 

 way up from the root with a yellowifh woolly felted 

 fubrtance, above which it is fmooth, except being a lit- 

 tle wrinkled. We have found it at Ditchingham, Nor- 

 folk, al/b plentifidly at Hampftead, and under haw- 

 thorns in Greenwich Park. Lady Arden has obferved 

 it under beech-trees, growing on the fallen capfules 

 and leaves. The flavour of this fpecies is pungent. 

 It dries fo well as to be eafily recognized in that ftate. 



