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Agaricus varius  Hist. 66. f.1.

Variable Agaric. Black variety.

Tab. 9.

Many specimens of this agaric
came up in a small pasture near Halifax
in august 1782. The Pileus an intense
black covered with a Clammy Liquor. The
stem & Gills <s>gray</s> grey it Dissolved into a black
Inky fluid almost as soon as gathered.
I have not seen it in any other place.

Agaricus nigrus
        