ESCULENT FUNGI OF GREAT BRITAIN. 367 
Agaricus deliciosus, Linn. Fl. Suec. 1211. — Schoeff. 
Fung. t. 11. — Sow. Fung. t. 9.0%.— Per s. Syn. Fung. 
p. Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p. 219.-'Purt. 
Midi. Fl V. S. p. 187.~/^H^<s Syst. Mycol. v, 1. p. 67. 
— "Grev. Fl. Edin. ined. 
Ag. zonarius, Bolt. Fung. t. 141. 
Lactarius deliciosus, Gray's Nat Arr. v. 1. p. 6S4. 
Lact. lateritius, Pers, Disp. p. 64. 
Has. Woods. July to November. Not unfrequent. 
Desc. Plant exuding an orange juice, which changes 
to a livid green ; the plant also turning green on being 
wounded. Pileus piano-depressed, sometimes in age 
approaching to funnel-shape ; 2-4 inches broad, dull 
orange or brick colour, becoming dingy and pale, and 
often greenish in decay ; glutinous, smooth, obscurely 
zoned. LamelleB somewhat decurrent, bright reddish 
orange, frequently but not always nor regularly di- 
chotomous, narrow, turning green on being wounded. 
Flesh, pale orange. Stem solid, becoming hollow, 2 
inches high, orange, somewhat attenuated at the base. 
A universally approved species throughout the whole of 
Europe, named by the Piemontais Lapacendro buono and 
Goccia liquore colore di zqffrano. I have not been able to 
ascertain the French provincial names. 
Sir James Edward Smith, in his Tour on the Conti- 
nent, mentions having seen a prodigious quantity of this 
agaric exposed to sale in the market at Marseilles, and 
that it really deserved its name, being the most delicious 
fungus known. Sowerby also speaks in its favour, having 
dressed and eaten it. His question, whether it be the true 
Ag. ctEsareus, as well as Withe ring''s errors respecting the 
two plants I have already discussed. 
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