Agaricus procerus. Tall Mushroom 
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AGARICUS Lin. Gen. PI. Crypto6amia Fungi 1 . 
Fungus horizontalis* fubtus lamellofus. 
Raii Syn. Gen. i. Fungi. 
AGARICUS anulatus ftipitatus, pileo campanulato fubfufco fquamofo, lamellis albidis, ftipite bulbofo 
anulato. Lightfoot FI, Scot. p. 1025. 
AGARICUS procerus flipitatus pileo hemifpha;rico lacerato-fquamofo rufefcente cinereo, lamellis albis, 
llipite longo cylindrico acetabulo inferto. Hudfon FI. Angi. ed. 2. p. 612. 
AGARICUS procerus. Scopoli FI. Carn. n. 1465. 
AMANITA petiolo procero, anulato, in acetabulum pilei immiffo, pileo fquamofo et maculato, lamellis 
albis. Haller. FUJI. n. 2371. 
AGARICUS; pileo papillari, ampliffimo, in margine fornicato, lacero et filamentofo ; petiolo anu- 
lato procero, inferius tumido, pilei acetabulo inferto. Gleditfch. Fung. p. 114. 
FUNGUS pileolo lato, longiffimo pediculo variegato. C. B. Pin. 371. n. 24. 
FUNGI longiffimo pediculo candicantes, fed maculati efculenti. J. B. III. 826. Raii Syn. p. 3. n. io. 
✓ Schceff. Fung. t. 22, 23. 
STIPES folitarius, fpithamsus, et ultra, craffitie in- t 
dicis, bafi bulbofus, fiftulofus, fig. 3, albidus, | 
fquamis fufcis plerumque notatus. ^ 
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VOLVA ampla, perfiftens, lacera, bilamellofa, lamella | 
inferiore membranacea, fubfufca, fuperiore t 
alba, fpongiola. | 
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PILEUS palmaris et ultra, primo fubglobofus, dein I 
campanulatus, demum planus, fquamis fufcis, y 
floccidis, circa verticem crebioribus, maculatus ; | 
vertex tumidus, coriaceus ; caro craffitie la- f 
mellarum, alba, molliffima, fpongiola. 
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LAMELLAE conferta;, fragiles, albida?, bafi in margi- t 
nem acetabuli pilei inferta;, pulverem fubtiliffi- 1 
mum cinerafcentem fpargentes. fig. 1, 2. t 
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STALK fingle, fix inches or more in height, the thick- 
nefs of the forefinger, bulbous at bottom, hol- 
low, fig. 3, whitilh, and generally mottled 
with brown fcales. 
RUFFLE large, permanent, torn, compofed of two 
lamella; or coats, the lowermoft membranous, 
and brownilh, the uppermoft white and 
fpongy. 
CAP three inches and more in diameter, at firfl: 
roundiffi, then bell-fhaped, and laftly flat, 
lpotted with brown, flaky, fcales ; thickeft 
round the crown ; crown prominent and lea- 
thery, fleffi the thicknefs of the gills, white, 
very foft and fpongy. 
GILLS numerous, brittle, whitilh, inferted at their 
bafe into the edge of the cup of the cap, 
throwing out a very fine alh-coloured powder. 
This Muffiroom, inferior to few in point of elegance, is frequently found in Woods, and dry hilly Paftures, 
among Heath, Broom, &c. in the months of September and October; I have found it in the environs of Hornfey 
W iod, and The Spaniard , Hampfiead Heath ; in Richmond Park, and many other places. 
It is a well-known Muffiroom, and eafily diftinguiffied from all others by its tallnefs, its bulbous bafe, its 
large ruffle, its fpongy cap, which is flaky, or fcaly, not warty at top, and which, as Mr. Lightfoot iuftly 
obferves, feparates it from the verrucofus, with which it has no fmall affinity. 
I have feen it expofed to fale ip Covent Garden market, for the true eatable one, but a Connoifleur will diftin- 
guiffl it by the fponginefs of its fleffi, which renders it in a great degree unfit for eating. 
