EDIBLE FUNGI. 



12? 



Agaricus nebularis (Clouded Mushroom). 



" Pileus from two and a half to five inches across ; at 

 first depresso-convex ; when expanded, nearly flat or 

 broadly subumbonate ; never depressed ; margin at first 



Pig. 35. Agaricus nebularis (Clouded Mushroom). Wooay places, in 

 autumn ; colour, cream, with slate-coloured top ; diameter, 4 to 10 

 inches. 



involute and pruinose ; occasionally somewhat waved and 

 lobed, but generally regular in form ; smooth, viscid 

 when moist, so that dead leaves adhere to it ; grey, brown 

 at the centre, paler towards the circumference. Flesh 

 thick, white, unchanging. Gills cream-colour, narrow, 



