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From some appearances which took place in the pickle in which it was 
preserved, I suspect that in favourable circumstances it will be found to 
contain a milky juke. 
(Liver-coloured Agaric. E.) Pine plantations at Barr, near Walsall, 
Staffordshire. 20th July, 1792. 
A G . deliciosus. (Linn.) Gills flame-coloured, narrow, regularly 
branched: pileus rich red brown, flesh orange colour: stem 
orange, tapering downwards. 
(FI. Dan. 1131. E.) 
Ag. stipitatus, pileo testaceo , succo lutescente. Linn. 
Gills decurrent, bright aurora or flame-coloured, very narrow, regularly 
branched in this manner—at some distance from the stem, each long gill 
divides into two, each of these divisions again divides into two, and lastly 
each of these subdivisions before reaching the edge of the pileus divides 
again; the ends of the last branchings next to the edge of the pileus 
thicker than the other parts. 
Pileus rich red brown, nearly flat, but the centre a little hollowed, and the 
edge turned in; from one and a half to three inches over. Flesh pale 
orange. 
Stem, solid, orange-coloured, tapering downwards, one to two inches high, 
and a quarter to three-eights of an inch diameter; hollow with age. 
Juice rich yellow. It soon shrivels and feels remarkably light. The 
specimens from which the above description was taken having been 
carried some miles in an open basket, gives me reason to apprehend that 
it is not so exact as I could wish. I find no figure exactly corresponding 
with this beautiful and remarkable plant, but on the authority of Mr. 
Hudson and Mr. Relhan, the deliciosus of Schaeffer must be inserted as a 
variety. Mr. Stackhouse observes that the yellow juice soon turns 
green, and that the stem becomes hollow from the shrinking of the 
central, substance, the cavity being wider above and below. 
(Saffron Juiced Agaric. E.) Fir plantations in Scotland. Rivelstone 
Wood, near Edinburgh. In fir plantations on barren hills at Barr, Staf¬ 
fordshire. 26th Sept.—Oct.* 
War. 2< Gills brick-red, branched: pileus brick red, marked with darker 
and paler concentric circles : stem spotted : juice saffron colour. 
Schceff. 11 —(Sowerby 202. E.) 
Generally solitary, fleshy, juice saffron-coloured. Pileus hemispherical; 
depressed in the centre, raised an,d arched towards the edge, colour of 
brick, with concentric circles alternately paler. Gills brick red, branched. 
Stem cylindrical, spotted, short, thick, somewhat hollow; without cur¬ 
tain or ring. Schseff. 
Ag. deliciosus. Schseff. Woods near Guildford. Aug.—Oct. Mr. Hudson. 
Dry pastures. Gogmagog Hills. Mr. Relhan. 
Van 3. Gills pale brick colour, four in a set; pileus a pale brick colour: 
juice golden yellow. 
_ * (Mr. Sowerby describes this Agaric as luscious when dressed, full of rich gravy, 
with a little of the flavour of muscles. It is much esteemed in Italy, and generally 
exposed in the markets. At Marseilles (observes Sir J. E. Smith in his Tour,) the market 
exhibited a prodigious quantity of this Agaric, it being the most delicious mushroom 
known, though little attractive in appearance, its colour being dirty brown, and the juice 
deep orange, turning to livid green. It is in common use throughout Provence, but 
not known at Paris. See Ag. Ccesareus , or tcttattipdlinus. E.) 
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