Agaricus velutipes. Velvet-stalk'dMushroo 



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AGARICUS Lin. Gen, PL Cryptqgamia Fungi. 



Fungus horizontalis) fubtus lamellofuSi 



Rati Syn. Gen. i. Fungi. 



AGARICUS tjehiipts fafciculofus, pileo platiiufculo fulvo, flipite nudb, teherrime viilofo, fuliginofd. 



FUNGUS glutinofus colore aurantia» Vaillant Boi. Paris, p. 72. 8. t. 12. fig. 8, 9. 



FUNGUS fafciculofus, pileo orbiculari lufefcente, pediculo fufco, teherrime viilofo, lamellis ex flayd 

 candicantibus. Raii Syn, ed. 3. p* 9. 



Ex ligno putrefcente, feu arboribus casfis, coacervatirn ? This Fungus ufually grows in clutters, out of decayed 

 pierumque nafcitur hie fungus. | wood or felled trees. 



VOLVA ad rauicem nulla. % SHEATH or egg at the root wanting. 



STIPES in planta mediae magnitudinis longitudine in- | STALK in plants of a middle fize about the length of 

 dicem, craffitie pennam anferinam asquat, teres, ^ the forefinger, and thicknefs of a goofe-quil!, 



hand infrequenter comprelfus, fiftulofus, te- | round, not unfreqUently flat, hollow, velvety, 



lierrirne villofus, feu velutinus, interne prae- | on the lower part, efpecially in the old ones, 



fertim in vetuftis e rufo-nigricans, fuliginef of a reddifh black colour, as. if tinged with 



quad infe&us, earned citrina, in tenuiffima fila | foot, the flefh citron coloured, and ieparable 



lericea partibili. . % into filk-like threads. 



ANNULUS nullus. | RING, or ruffle, wanting. 



PILEUS uncialis ad triuncialem, modice convexus, ^ CAP from one to three inches in diameter, moderately 

 fepe difformis, fulvus, glutinofus ; Lamella | convex, often fhapelefs, of an orange or tawny 



plurima?, inequales, ex albido-lutefcentes, in | colour, flimy ; Gills numerous, unequal, of 



majoribus et fenefcentibus fungis craflas, coria- % a whitiih yellow colour, in the larger and 



ceae, luteal, ad marginem pilei undularas, Ion- | older fungi thick, leathery, yellow, waved 



gioribus bafi auriculatis, omnibus venofis ; J towards the edge of the cap, the longer ones 



Pollen cinereum. | ear'd at the bafe, and all of them veiny ; 



£ Pollen, or feed, am-coloured. 



Many of the fungi, like the more perfect plants, make their appearance only at a certain period of the year * 

 others are continually fpringing up and producing their fructifications, almoft regardlefs of particular feafons, of 

 the latter kind is the fungus here figured, at lead: it may be found from September to January in the greateft plenty. 



It ufually grows out of dead, or decaying wood* efpecially willow and elm, and almoft always in elufters of 

 different iizes, according to particular fituations % at the bottoms of old willow-trees I have often feen fifty or more 

 in a clufter, with the caps of fome of the largefl almoft as broad as the palm of one's hand, while on fmall rotten 

 flicks the clufter has confided of not more than three or four, with caps not more than half an inch in diameter, 

 but however it may vary in regard to fize, &c. it luckily has a character which always readily diftinguiihes it, and 

 this is its velvety and foory ftalk, moft confpicuous in thofe which are advanced. 



Ray's fynonym and defcription correfpond pretty accurately with our fungus; Mr, HuissoN appears to have 

 overlooked or confounded it with fome other fpecies ; Vaillant has given a good figure, and accurate defcription 

 of it, in his moft elegant work the Botankon Parifienfe. 



To the tafte this mufhroom is rather agreeable, and devoid of all acrimony, perhaps it may be eaten with 

 fafety, it is not however of the kind recommended by Horace, 



.. ■ — pratenfibus optima fungis' 



Natura eft : all is male creditor. 



