Agaricus procerus. Tall Mushroo 



m< 



AGARICUS Lin\ Gen. PL Cryptogamia Fungi. 



Fungus horizontalis, fubtus lamellofus; 



Raii Syn. Gen. i. Fungi* 



AGARICUS anulatus ftipitatus, pileo campanulato fubfufco fquamofo, lamellis albidis, ttipite bulbofo 

 anulato. Ligbtfoot Ft. Scot. p. 1025. 



AGARICUS procerus ftipitatus pileo hemifphasrico lacerato-fquamofo rufefcente cinereo, lamellis albis 

 ftipite longo cylindrico acetabulo inferto. Hudfon Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 612. 



AGARICUS procerus. Scopoll Fl. Cam. n. 1465. 



AMANITA petiolo procero, anulato, in acetabulum pilei immiflb, pileo fquamofo et maculato, lamellis 

 albis. Halter* Hjfl. n» 2371. 



AGARICUS; pileo papillaris ampliffimo, in margine fornicato, lacero et filamentofo ; petiolo anu- 

 lato procero, inferius tumido, pilei acetabulo inferto. Gledit fib. Fung. p. 114. 



FUNGUS pileolo lato^ longififimo pediculo variegato. C. B. Pin. 371. n. 24. 



FUNGI longiffimo pediculo candicantes, fed maculati efculenti, J. B. III. 826. Raii Syn. p. 3. ru 10. 



Schcejf. Fung. t. 22, 23. 



STIPES folitarius, fpithamseus, et ultra, craffitie in- 1 STALK fingle, fix inches or more in height, the thick- 

 dicis, bafi bulbofus, fiftulofus, Jig. 3, albidus, | nefs of the forefinger, bulbous at bottom, hoi- 



fquamis fufcis plerumque notatus. f low, Jig. 3, whitifh, and generally mottled 



I with brown fcales. 



VOLViV ampla, perfiftens, lacera, bilamellofa, lamella f RUFFLE large, permanent, torn, compofed of two 

 inferiore membranacea, fubfufca, fuperiore | lamellae or coats, the lowermofl membranous, 



alba, fpongiola. | and brownifh, the uppermofl white and 



I f p°"gy- 



FILEUS palmaris et ultra, primo fubglobofus, dein | CAP three inches and more in diameter, at firft 



campanulatus, demum planus, fquamis fufcis, % roundifh, then bell-fhaped, and laftly flat, 



floccidis, circa verticem crebioribus, maculatus ; I fpotted with brown*, flaky, fcales; thickefl 



vertex tumidus, coriaceus ; caro craffitie la- ^ round the crown ; crown prominent and lea- 



mellarum, alba, molliffima, fpongiofa. | thery, flefh the thicknefs of the gills, white> 



I very foft and fpongy, 

 LAMCLLiE coufertae, fragiles, albidae, bafi in margi- 1 GILLS numerous, brittle, whitifh, inferted at their 



nem acetabuli pilei inferta?, pulverem fubtilifli- 1 bafe into the edge of the cup of the cap, 



mum cinerafcentem fpargentes. fig. 1, 2. t throwing out a very fine afh-coloured powder. 



I fig- h 2. 



This Mufhroom, inferior to few in point of elegance, is frequently found in Woods, and dry hilly Paftures, 

 among Heath, Broom, &c. in the months of September and October; I have found it in the environs of Hornfiey 

 Wood, and The Spaniard, Hampfiead Heath ; in Richmond Park, and many other places. 



It is a well-known Mufhroom, and eafily diflinguifbed from all others by its tallnefs, its bulbous bafe, its 

 large ruffle, its fpongy cap, which is flaky, or fcaly, not warty at top, and which, as Mr. Lightfoot juftly 

 obferves, fieparateb it from the verrucofius, with which it has no fmall affinity. 



I have {cen it ex ofcd to fale in Covent Garden market, for the true eatable one, but a Connoiffeur will diftin- 

 guifh it bv the fpOuginefs of its flefh, which renders it hi a great degree unfit for eating. 



