loio CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 



The fubftance breaks fliort, and is a little acrid, 

 but is frequently eaten in Germany and Rujfia. 



mufcarius A. ftipitatus, lameilis dimidiatis folitariis, ftipite 

 3» volvato, apice dilatato, bafi ovato. Sp. pi. 



1640. (Ger. emac. 1481. ad imum pagin^e ad 

 finijiram. St er beck. tab. 22. A. Michel, gen.' 

 t.y^.f. I. 2. A. B. c. Sch^effer. t. iy. opt. £ff 

 /. 28. ahfque verrucis.) 



Bug Agaric. Anglis. 



This, and almoft the whole genus, are call'd with- 

 out diftinflion in Scotland^ Paddock-Stools. 



In woods not unfrequent. We obferv'd it at 

 Blair in Athol, and in the woods at the cafcades 

 of Monefs near l^aymouth^ &c. IX. X. 



This is a very elegant fpecies. 



The flalk is white, thick, folid when young, bul- 

 bous at the bafe, and furrounded in the middle 

 with a broad, lax, pendulous, annular mem- 

 brane, call'd by Linnaus a Voha^ but which 

 in reality is only a portion of the Volva. 



The Pileus when young is hemifpherical, when 

 full grown nearly flat, large, often fix or eight 

 inches wide, of a red color, fpotted over with 

 white, angular, downy warts, which are the 

 remains of the Voha with which the Pileus is 

 envelop'd at its firft eruption from the earth. 



The gills are numerous and white, the greatefl 

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