Agaricus verrucosus 
Warty Mushroom 
AGARICUS Lin. Gen. Pi. Cryptogamia Fungi. 
Fungus horizontalis, fubtus lamellofus» 
Rail Syn. Gen. i. FungI. 
AGARICUS verrucofus ftipirotus, ftipite bulbcSfd, amiulato, aniitilo laxo, pendulo, pileo verrucofo, 
lamellis albis. 
AGARICUS rnUfcarius ftipitatiis, lamellis dimidiatis fdlitariis, ftipite volvato : apice dilatato, baft ovato. 
Lin. S\f. Peg. p. 82b. Spec. PL 1640. FI. S. 449. 
AGARICUS verrucofus caulefcens, pileo convexo cinereo, verrucis lamellifque albis. Hudfon. FI. Angi, 
p • 613. Lightfoot p. 1012. 
AMANITA petiolo procero fiftulofo annulate, pileolo plano ftriato verrucolo fordido lamellis albis. 
Halier Hijl. n. 2397. 
AMANITA petiolo annulato, pileo fanguineo, lamellis albis; Haller HJl. n. 2373. 
LEUCOMA CES gemmatus. Eatar. tab. 6. B; 
'I/EUCOMY CES Ipeciofior. Batarra thb. 6 . Ai 
AGARICUS mufearius. Scopoli FI. Carn. n. 14^9. 
FUNGORUM pernicioforum. Gen. 12. Spec. 4. Cluf. p. 280. Schaffer. Icon. Fung. t. XX. LXXIV? 
XC. XC 1 . CCXL 1 . CCLVIII? CCLXI. 
Solitarie nafeitur in fylvis frequens. 
STIPES palmaris et ultra, craflitie digiti minimi, feu 
intermedii, ad baftn Temper bulbofus, teres, ex 
albo-rubefeens, et maculatus, non raro fla- 
velcens, annulatus. 
ANNULUS magnus, perftftciis, pendulus, plerumque 
ftriatus, ex lamellis imprelfts. 
PILEUS duas, tres, aut etiam quatuor uncias latus, 
primo fubrotUndus, dein hemifphericus, de- 
mum planus, ad marginem fuperne oblolete 
ftriatus, varii coloris, liepius vero aut fordide 
rUber medio faturatius colorato, aut flavefeens ; 
plerumque verrucofus, interdum nudus, ver- 
rucis albidis. 
LAMELLaE numerofte, brevioribus interjectis, hori- 
zontales, primo albas, demum iordide carnea;.- 
* Frequent in woods growing fingly. 
? 
| STALK a hand’s breadth or more in height, the thick- 
's: nefs of the little or middle finger, always 
bulbous at its bafe, round, of a reddifh white 
I colour and fpotted, not unfrequently yellowilh, 
and furnilhed with a ring or ruffle. 
I RING or fuffle large, permanent, pendulous, for the 
I moll part ftriated. 
I CAP two, three, or even four inches btoad, at firfti 
f roundifh, then hemifpherical, laftly flat, on 
I the upper fide, faintly ftriated at the margin, 
I various in its colour, but mbit commonly either 
of a dingy rtd, ftrongeft in the middle, or 
I yellowilh, for the mod part warty, lometimes 
t bare, the warts whitilh. 
t 
I GILLS numerous, (hotter ones intervening, horizon- 
| tal, at firft white, laftly of a dirty flelh 
Moft modern authors corifider the Agaricus verrucofus and ntufearius as different fpecies. Mr. Lightfoot, 
Wefts, that they may be only varieties differing in colour. Repeated examination has perfectly convinced us, that 
his conieaure is well founded ; the verrucofus being with us by far the moft common, we lhall confider it as the 
fpecies, and the mufearius as the Variety : fo lingular and lb beautiful is the variety, however, that we intend 
of tbefc fiiogi, it will be proper to explain to forne of out feeders what is 
meant by a few terms made ufe of 'in defetibing this and three dr four others, viz. Volva, Annuto , j and Velum, parts 
which occur til fome mufhrooms, but not in otheis. , , ^ , c . . 
There are a few of thele plants, which, on their firft emerging from the earth affume the appearance of an egg, 
and are enciofed in a kind of membranous (hell or caie ; tins cale we call the Volva It we cot the egg longi- 
tudinally down the middle, we may obferve the mcloled fungus as yet unexpanded. V,d. Sdtf* Icon- hung lab. 
2« fi/, 1 , As the rhufliroom increafes in fixe, it buffts open this Volva, and fometnues leaves it mtirely behind, 
as hi the Phallus Impudicus i but more frequently the upper half of it rs borne upwards on hie Mens or C.* wb|ch 
not being fufficientlv large to cover when the Pila» is expanded, it breaks in various direftioos, dnd appears ill the 
form of a number of little knobs or warts irregularly fcattered. Such then » the ortgm of the warts : as the 
membrane which forms them may lometimes lie thinner than ordinary ; or as ,« may be rubbed off sis the 
mnftroom puftra itfelf out of the ground , or. deftroyed by heavy rams, or other act, dents ; fo we never find thele 
muinroom pu net itieii b . d frequently mtirely wanting ; but it no extraordinary 
fungus oftliis^ fpecies. We may remark, that the 
Volva, which we have thus deferibed, is 11c 
r. the Volva of Linnaeus ; his Volva is our Annulus. 
