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Genus I.— Agaricus. Sub-genus II.— Amanita. 



Veil universal, distinct frova the cuticle of the pileus. Hymenophorum distinct 

 from the stem. Ming distinct. 



AGAEICtrS (AMANITA) RUBESCENS.-Per*. 

 BROWN WAKTY AGARIC. 



BOT^UflCAL CHARACTERS. 



Pileus convex, then expanded. Cuticle brown, scattered with wartji. 

 ■varying in size. Margin striate. 



Gills white, reaching the stem and forming very fine decurrent lines 

 i}pon it. 



Ring entire, wide and marked with striae. 



Stem, often scaly, stuffed, becoming hoUow, when old bulbous. Volva ob- 

 literated. The whole plant has a tendency to turn a sienna red, or rust colour. ■ 

 This is very distinctly shown some little time after it has been bruised. 



This agaric has also been called Ag. pustulatus, or m>/odes, Schcefif ; A. 

 verrucosus, Fl. Lond ; Golmelle, by the French ; and the Hed Fleshed Mushroom, 

 by some English writers, from the tendency of the whole plant to turn a rich 

 brown red when bruised or broken. 



It is very common all through the summer and autumn months ; 

 indeed one of the most abundant mushrooms ; " and it is one of those species that 

 a person with the slightest powers of discrimination may distinguish accurately 

 from others." — lia'.duim. 



OPINIONS ON THE MERITS OF AGARICUS RUBESdENS AS AN 

 EDIBLE FUNGUS. 



" Non altrimento del Cesareo delicato e sano." — Vittadini. 



" One of the most delicate mushrooms of the Lorraine." — Corda. 



" Quality doubtful. My friend, Dr. Hogg, eats it and considers it ex- 

 tremely good." — Berkeley. 



"A very delicate fungus, which grows in sufficient abundance to render it 

 of importance in a cuhnary point of view." — Badliam. 



" From long experience I can vouch for its being not only wholesome, 

 but as Dr. Badham says, 'a vei-y delicate fungus.'" — F. Curry, Editor of Dr. 

 JBadliam's Esculent Fumjuses. 



