
          (215.)

Agaricus oreadus. Hist. 151.

Fairie Agaric

This Agaric grows frequently in those
circles of green which we call Faiere [Fairie] Rings
or the witches dance.  What these rings
are I cannot discover they are not that I
can observe peculiar to any soil or situation.
I have seen them of all dimensions from 
six to sixty feet in diameter,  and have dug
them up to the depth of a Garden Spade, both in
the green ring itself and at the center of the
circle, as well as trenching it in various directions,
but could never find the tracks of Moles
Ants or other animals which could lead to
any investigation of the phaenomenon, [phenomenon] 
        