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Agaricus pullatus. Hist. 20

Mourner Agaric

On an heap of Cows dung in the morning
after the great Thunder Shower June [illegible] 22, 1786.

The stem fistular, inflated near the base, white
and shining with a silvery Gloss; Hat black, gelatinose,
very brittle and destitute of Flesh, disolved [dissolved] in the time
of Drawing, into a viscid jelly, which when dry lay
like a sooty Powder on the Table.
        