ESCULENT FUNGI OF GREAT BRITAIN. 353 
ed. 1. & 2. t. 15.— Sow, Fung. t. IdO.—Pers, Syn, 
Fung. p. ^SH.—Purt. Midi Fl. v. % p. 648. 8e v. 3. 
p. ^ilS.—Hooh. Fl. Scot. pt. 2. p. 23 Fries' Syst 
Mycol. V. 1. p. 20. — Crr^t;. Edin, ined. 
Agaricus colubrinus. Bull. Champ, t. 78. 
Ag. squamosus, Vill. p. 1015. 
Ag. annulatus. Bolt. Fung. t. 23. 
Hab. la open woods. Autumn. Extremely common. 
Desc. Plant very elegant, tall, gregarious. Pileus 3 — 7 
inches broad, covered with adpressed broad scales., 
pinkish-brown or greyish, whitish and fibrillose to- 
wards the margin, convex, at length nearly plane, 
umbonate. Lamella distant, white. Stem 4 — -8 inches 
high, J — I of an inch thick, white, solid, cylindrical, 
bulbous at the base, and furnished with a moveable 
annular white veil. 
This Agaric is very generally eaten in France and Italy., 
and might be rendered a general article of food in this 
country, where it is exceedingly abundant. The birch and 
fir woods in the Highlands of Scotland produce it in a 
profusion scarcely to be credited by those who have not 
seen it there. Its character is too strongly marked to render 
mistakes liable ; and the numerous provincial appellations 
it has received on the Continent, is a sufficient proof of its 
general use and innocent properties. Its French and Ita- 
lian names, according to De Candolle and Persook, are, 
colemelle, coulemelle, couamalle, couleuvrelle, couleuvree, 
eormelle, goilmelle, quamdle, fuss.ee j coche, cocherel, coulse, 
vertef, cluseau, eclusiau, potiron, courtmotte, coulmote, pa- 
rasol, houtarot, poturon, pippio, mort de Jroid, escargoule^ 
penchinado^ ciicamele ; huhbola maggiore^ huhhola mozzana, 
mazza di tamburo^ scarogcs^ canella, escomcl^ copelon, potc- 
