TAR. cxxr. 



AGARICUS Cossus. 



The highcft parts of Pcckham Wood, Surrey, pro- 

 duce this Ipecics annually about Odlober, where I have 

 always found it in great plenty fince the year 1792. It is 

 alfo to be found in other woods, n he pileusis covered 

 w ith a gluten, which conrtantly gives a ftrong goat- 

 like odour, exad;ly refembling the Mounded larva of 

 Phcrl. Coirus. When this gluten is dried by the wind, 

 thefcent llill remains on the hand that has touched it, 

 for many hours. In colour and fhape this Agaric varies 

 l)ut little from the figmc here given. 



T A B. CXXII. 

 AGARICUS ALBELtus. ScbiVf tab. 78, 



1 HIS is not a common plant, nor have I found it 

 more than twice. It furely is the fame fpecies as quoted 

 above, varying a little in the proportion, See. It is very 

 flefliy and folid from the pileus to the root ; the gills- 

 are \'cry narrow. I have found it greyifli, but the 

 prefent fpccimcn was nearly w bite where it was not 

 bruifed ; the bruifes were reddifli. 



T A B. CXXIII. 



AGARICUS DEALBATUS. 



1 II I S little elegant fpecies is often found under a ca- 

 n()p\' of firs, fomc with partly conical, and fome with 

 undulating or waving tops, in different proportions, 

 dancing, as it were, in rings and mazes arrayed in vir- 

 gin white. 



