CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. J009 



It has a plcafant fmell, fomething like a ripe 

 plnmb, and when properly ftew'd, a favoury 

 tafte, oLher\vile«tough and fubacrid. 



A. ftipitatus, lamellis omnibus magnitudine 

 a^qualibus. Sp. pi. 1640. {Sterb. t. 22. F. 

 Shceffer. tab. 15. 16. 58. 75. 92. opt. et ejus va-" 

 rietates.tab. 93. 94.) 



Equal-gill'd Agaric. Anglis. 



In woods frequent. We obferv'd it at Duplin, 

 near Perth, and in Lcgtcn wood, near Dalkeith, 

 Sic. IX. X. 



The Pileus IS about three inches in diameter, con- 

 vex, fmooth, and red. The gills are white, 

 numerous, of equal fize, and generally all ex- 

 tended from the rim to the ftalk. The ftalk 

 is folid, white, a finger thick, and fhort, being 

 only about two inches high. The feeds are 

 globular, and may be eafily difcerned by the 

 microfcope, if a fmall portion of a ripe gill be 

 put into a little water in the watch-glafs, or into 

 a drop of water upon the glafs-flider belonging 

 to the apparatus, for they will foon be detached 

 from the gill, and appear in the water. 



Though the natural color of the Pilens is red, it 

 is yet fomecimes found of a dirty v/hite, a 

 tawny brown, and a blue-green color. 



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