A COTYLEDONS. lUNGf. Agaricus. UJL 



SHC.T. H. HYAIENOTHECIJ. Receptacle of the fructification , a 

 permanent membrane with pulverulent sporules. 



A. AGARICOIDJJI. Membrane forming plates (or gills) > or veiny. 

 23. AMANITA. 



Bursting from a Volva. Plleus fleshy, generally warted. Gills 

 crowded, nearly entire. Stipes mostly elongated, annulate, or 

 naked. 



1 . A. myscaria, pi leas orange-red or brown shining at length 

 nearly plane, the warts gills and stipes white, stipes annulate. 

 Agaricus muscarius, Sow. t. 286. 



a. Pileus orange- red. A. muscaria, Pers. p. 253. Agarlcus 

 muscarms, Light f. p. 1010. 



|3. Pileus brownish. A. aspera, Pcrs. p. 254. Agaricus verrucosits, 

 Bull. t. 316. Curt. Fl. Lond. with a fig. Lightf. p. 1012. 



HAB. Woods, not unfrequent. Autumn. Lightf. 



This is one of the largest, and, at least the var. a., the most 

 beautiful of all the Agaric tribe. It is, however, esteemed of an 

 acrid and deleterious quality. Steeped in milk it is set in Sweden 

 to decoy and kill flies, and, by rubbing on the bedsteads and other 

 furniture, to destroy bugs. It is nevertheless said to be eaten by 

 the Russians, and that the natives of Kamschatka prepare an ine- 

 briating liquor from this, and the runners of Epilobium angusti- 

 folium ; but, if taken in too large a dose, it produces trembling of 

 the nerves, intoxication, delirium, and-melancholy. 



24. AGARICUS J . 



Volva none. Plleus with gills beneath, differing iu substance 

 from the rest of the plant. 



* Stipes central. 

 t Stipes solid and decurrcnt. 



f- Gills white. 



\ . \.fragranS)g\\\s white four in a set,pileus brownish white semi- 

 transparent, stipes brownish white. With. p. 158. Sow. t. 10. 

 HAD. Fir woods, near Helensburgh, but not plentiful, Hopk. 



2. A. velalus, gills greyish white much branched, pileus convex 

 entirely covered by the membranaceous curtain. IVith.p. 161. 

 slg. glutinosus, Sow. t. 7. 



HAB. Fir woods, not unfrequent. Woods near Kenmuir. Sept. Hopk. 

 -f-'f- Gills brown. 



3. A. lactifluus, gills red brown, pileus dark red brown, stem 



8 Both in this and the following most intricate genera, I follow the arrange- 

 ment and adopt the specific characters of Withering, since almost, my only 

 knowledge of the species hitherto found in Scotland, is derived from the Fl 

 Glottianu of Mr. Hopkirk ; and that gentleman refers exclusively to the 

 " Botanical Arrangement ;" so that I have no means of ascertaining what 

 the species are of other authors. My edition of IVitherimr* 

 is the 4th. 



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