
          (26.)

Agaricus pullatus Hist 20

Mourner Agaric a curious gray variety.

Tab 26.

This Agaric grew on a Block
of Old Wood which supported a Water pipe
in the Back Kitchen of a Farm House
calld [called] Deerplay in Sowerby. Of all the
Agaricus I have seen this is the most
tender & Delicate, the stem is White
hollow -- swelled, and frequently,<s>wrent</s> rent
in the lower part. The Pileus consists
of a thin plaited membrane of a pale
<s>gray</s> grey colour [color], and looks as if powdered
with silver; In the first stage of Growth
the head is of a longish oval, and glitters
with a silvery Dust, when in a perfect
state, the Pileus is placed <s>Horizentally</s> Horizontally, and
is flat and as round as a wheel.  In Decay
the stem bends, the pileus is <s>wrent</s> rent, and the
whole Dissolved into a <s>gray</s> grey fluid.  I have
seen the same on blocks of Rotten Wood
in farm Yards & [etc.]

Agaricus rotatus

        