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the preference, but never use it after the gills have become 
dark. 
It requires less cooking than the common mushroom, 
and, in broiling it over a brisk fire, " c'est T affaire (Tun 
quart d^heure^ 
8. Ag. oreades^ pileo carnoso, tenaci, subumbonato, e 
rufo pallescente, lamellis distantibus, stipiteque solido, te- 
reti, villoso-corticato, pallidis. Fries. 
Agaricus oreades, Bolt. Fung. t. \5i\.^With. Bot. Arr, 
ed. 6. V. 4. p. m^.^Purt. Midi Fl. v. % p. 627.— 
Fries Syst. Mycol v. 1. p. 127. — Hook. Fl. Scot. pt. % 
p. 21. — Grev. Fl. Edin. ined. 
Ac. pratensis, Huds. Fl. Angl, v. 2. p. 616. — Sow. Fung'. 
t. 24j7. (not good.) 
Ag. coriaceus, Lightf. Fl. Scot. v. 2. p. 1020. 
Ag. caryophyllaeus, Schceff. Fung. t. 77. 
Ag. pseudo-mouceron. Bull. Champ, t. 144. & 528. f. 2. 
Ag. tortilis, De Cand. Fl. Fran^. ed. 3. v. 2. p. 194. 
Ejusd. Syn. p. 40. 
Ag. collinitus, Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 33. (eccclud. syn. 
except Sow.) 
Scotch bonnets. 
Hab. Meadows, dry pastures, heaths, &c. common. 
Summer and autumn. 
Desc. Plant gregarious, often forming fairy-rings. Pi- 
leus convex, or very obtusely conical, rarely becoming 
quite plane, and generally more or less umbonate; 
1 — 2 inches broad, coriaceous, smooth; when moist, 
subpellucid and striated ; when dry, very pale, bulF- 
ish, and opake. Flesh thin, except in the centre. 
Lamellae free, distant, thickish, rather broad, huffish, 
white. Stem 3-4 inches high, 2-3 lines thick, firm, 
