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tinue to appear for three or four weeks, according to 

 the peculiarities of the season. They are usually to be 

 found on hilly pastures in woodland districts. 



The St. George's mushroom cannot well be mistaken 

 for any other. The fact of its appearance at this early 

 season, and growing so freely in rings, when so very few 



Fig. 33. Agaricus gambosus (St. George's Mushroom). Pastures, 

 in the spring ; colour, cream ; diameter, 4 to 6 inches. 



other funguses are to be found, is almost enough to dis- 

 tinguish it. It has, however, very distinctive characters 

 in itself in the thickness of its pileus ; the narrowness of 

 its gills, which are very closely crowded together; and 

 the solid bulging stem. 



