I0I4 CRYPTCGAMIA FUNGI. 



Pepper Agaric. An^lis. 



In v;oods frequent. We obferv'd it at Blair in 

 Athol, and many other places. IX. X. 



The mod ulual color of this Fungus is a dirty , 

 white, with a little mixture of grey. Some- 

 times, efpecially when full grown or in decay, 

 it acquires a little tinge of red or yellow. 



The fralk is a finger thick, and fiiort, being only 

 about two inches high. 



The Pileus is from one to four inches wide, con- < 

 vex when young, and the margin conftantly J 

 deflex'd. When full grpvvn it becomes de- 

 prefs'd in the centre, and in decay often funnel- 

 fhap'd. The furface more or lefs villofe. 



The gills are pale, numerous, and clofe ; and 

 when either thtfe or the Pileus are wounded, 4 

 cream-color'd juice diftills from both, ex- 

 tremely acrid to the tongue. 



The fubftance is fiefliy and brittle. 



This Fungus^ though the moil acrid and fufpi- 

 cious of the whole tribe, is eaten in great quan- 

 tities by the Rujfians. They fill large veffels 

 with them in the autumn, feafon or pickle 

 them with fait, and eat them in the enfuing 

 Lent. 



But as the free ufe of thefe and others of the i|, 

 genus has frequently been attended with fatal ' 

 confequences, it may not be amifs, in this 



place, 



