Agaricus verrucosus. Warty Mushroom, 



AGARICUS Lin. Gen. PL Cryptogamia Fungi. 



Fungus horizontalis, fubtusiamellofu-r. 



Rail Syn. Gen. i. Fungi. 



AGARICUS verrucofus ftipitatus, ftipite bulbofo, annulato, annulo laxo, jfendulo, pileo verrucofoj, 

 lamellis albis, 



AGARICUS mufcarius flipitatus* lamellis dimidiatis folltariis, fiipite volvato : apice dilatato, bafi ovato, 

 Lin. Syjl. Veg.pi 820. Spec. PL 1640. PI. S. 449. 



AGARICUS verrucofus caulefcens, pileo convexo cinereo, verrUcls lamellifque albis. Hitdfon. PL AngL 

 p i 613. Light foot p. 1012. 



AMANITA petiolo procerd fiftulofo annulato, pileolo piano flriato Verrucofo fordido lamellis albis. 

 Halier Hijl. n. 2397. 



AMANITA petiolo annulato, pileo fanguineo, lamellis albis. Halier Hiji.n. 2373; 



LEUCOMYCES - gemmatus. Batar. tab. 6. B. 

 LEUCOMYCES fpeciofior. Batarra tab. 6. A. 

 AGARICUS mufcarius. Scopoli FL Cam. n. 1459. 



FUNGORUM pernicioforum. Gen. 12. Spec. 4. Cluf.p. 280. S 'chafer. Icon. Fung. t. XX. LXXIV? 

 XC. XCI. CCXLI. CCLVIII ? CCLXI. 



Solitarie nafcitur in fylvis frequens. ^Frequent in woods growing fingly. 



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STIPES palmaris et ultra, craffitie digiti minimi, feu | STALK a hand's breadth or more in height, the thick- 



intermedii, ad bafin femper bulbofus, teres, ex % nefs of the little or middle ringer, always 



albo-rubefcens, et maculatus, non raro fla- | bulbous at its bafe, round, of a reddifh white 



vefcens, annulatus. . y colour and fpotted, not unfrequently yellowilh, 



I and furnilhed with a ring or ruffle. 



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ANNULUS magrtus, perfiflens, pendulus, plerumque % RING or ruffle large, permanent, pendulous, for the 



ftriatus, ex lamellis impreffis. | molt part ftriated. 



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 PILEUS duas, tres, aut etiam quatuor uncias latus, I CAP two, three, or even four inches broadj at firfr. 



primo fubrotundus, dein hemifphericus, de- % roundim, then hemifpherical, laitly flat, on. 



mum planus, ad marginem fuperne obfolete | the upper iide$ faintly ftriated at the margin, 



ftriatus, varii colons, fepius vero aut fordide y various in its colour, but moil: commonly either 



ruber medio faturatius colorato, aut flavefcens ; | of a dingy red, ftrongeft in the middle, or 



plerumque verrucofus, interdum nudus, ver- | yellowilh, for the mod part warty, fometimes 



rucis albidis. X bare, the warts whitilh. 



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LAMELLA numerofa?, brevioribus interje&is, hori- % GILLS numerous, Ihorter ones intervening, horizon- 



zontales* primo albae, demum fordide earner. | tal, at firft white 5 lailly of a dirty flefh 



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Moil modern authors confider the Agaricus verrucofus and mufcarius as different fpecies. Mr. Lightfoot,- 

 fuggefts, that they may be only varieties differing in colour. Repeated examination has perfectly convinced us, that 

 his conjecture is well founded ; the verrucofus being with us by far the moft common, we (hall confider it as the 

 fpecies, and the mufcarius as the variety : fo lingular and fo beautiful is the variety, however, that we intend 

 giving a feparate plate of it. 



Before we fpeak more particularly of thefe fungi, it will be proper to explain to fome of our readers what is 

 meant by a few terms made ufe of in defcribing this and three or four others, viz. Volva± Annulus, and Velum, parts 

 which occur in fome mufhrooms, but not in others. 



There are a few of thefe plants, which,- on their firft emerging from the earth, afliime the appearance of an egg, 

 and are enclofed in a kind of membranous fhell or cafe ;• this cafe we call the Volva. If we cut the egg longi- 

 tudinally down the middle, we may obferve the inclofed fungus as yet unexpanded. Vid. Schtefer Icon. Fung. tab. 

 2t\./\..fig. 1 . 2. 3. As the mum room increafes in fize, it burfls open this Volva, and fometimes leaves it intirely behind, 

 as in the Phallus impudicus ; but more frequently the upper half of it is borne upwards on the Pileusor Cap, which 

 . not being fufficiently large to cover when the Pileus is expanded, it breaks in various directions, and appears in the 

 form of a number of little knobs or warts irregularly fcattered. Such then is the origin of the warts : as the 

 membrane which forms them may fometimes be thinner than ordinary ; or as it may be rubbed off as the 

 mufhroom pufhes itfelf out of the ground ; or dellroyed by heavy rains, or other accidents ; fo we never find thefe 

 warts alike either in number or fhape m any two fungi, and frequently intirely wanting ; but if no extraordinary 

 accident happens, they will be found in every well-formed fungus of this fpecies. We may remark, that the 

 Volva, which we have thus defcribed, is not the Volva of LiN.NiEUS ;. his Volva is our Annulus. 



