﻿OF 
  BRITISH 
  FUNGI. 
  *S 
  

  

  St. 
  George 
  {Agarieus 
  Georgii) 
  has 
  been 
  applied 
  to 
  (his, 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  another 
  species 
  of 
  Agaricm. 
  Locally 
  it 
  is 
  

   sometimes 
  called 
  the 
  horse-mushroom, 
  from 
  its 
  size, 
  and 
  

   one 
  variety 
  is 
  termed 
  " 
  Springers." 
  The 
  gills 
  are 
  a 
  

   first 
  paler, 
  and 
  when 
  old, 
  of 
  a 
  darker 
  brown 
  than 
  those 
  

   of 
  the 
  pasture-mushroom. 
  They 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  coarser 
  

   and 
  less 
  finely-flavoured, 
  but 
  to 
  make 
  excellent 
  ketchup, 
  

   for 
  which 
  purpose 
  they 
  are 
  occasionally 
  sold. 
  Like 
  

   its 
  ally, 
  the 
  common 
  mushroom, 
  it 
  has 
  several 
  varieties, 
  

   and 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  much 
  finer 
  flavour 
  than 
  

   others. 
  To 
  some 
  palates 
  the 
  taste 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  

   affirmed 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  agreeable 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  other. 
  

   It 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  consideration 
  whether 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  

   varieties 
  might 
  not 
  be 
  cultivated, 
  and, 
  perhaps, 
  thereby 
  

   improved, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  ordinary 
  bed-mushroom, 
  which 
  

   is 
  probably 
  not 
  the 
  very 
  best 
  which 
  could 
  have 
  been 
  

   selected 
  for 
  the 
  purpose. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  no 
  other 
  examples 
  of 
  edible 
  species 
  to 
  

   be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  remaining 
  sub-genera 
  of 
  the 
  PitATELLiE, 
  

   or 
  brownish-spored 
  series. 
  In 
  Hypholoma 
  the 
  veil 
  is 
  

   web-like, 
  adhering 
  to 
  the 
  pileus 
  at 
  the 
  margin. 
  During 
  

   the 
  autumn 
  nearly 
  every 
  post 
  or 
  old 
  stump 
  has 
  its 
  base 
  

   adorned 
  with 
  clusters 
  of 
  a 
  yellow 
  fungus, 
  with 
  greenish- 
  

   grey 
  gills. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  variable 
  in 
  size, 
  and 
  at 
  times 
  

   much 
  contorted 
  in 
  form 
  ; 
  but 
  so 
  common 
  is 
  it, 
  and 
  so 
  

   readily 
  recognized, 
  that 
  we 
  are 
  almost 
  tempted 
  to 
  regret 
  

   that, 
  not 
  only 
  is 
  it 
  bitter 
  and 
  unpleasant 
  to 
  the 
  

   taste, 
  but 
  probably 
  dangerous. 
  This 
  species, 
  which 
  

   is 
  named 
  A. 
  fascicular 
  is, 
  from 
  its 
  habit 
  of 
  growing 
  in 
  

   fascicles 
  or 
  bundles, 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  sub-genus 
  I/yp/ioloma. 
  

  

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