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Agaricus pompatus Hist. 5.
Pompous Agaric.

On the Bank beside the road at top of
the skarr opposite Birks Hall a mile from
Halifax Octr. [October] 3d, 1786.

The stem solid, smaller towards the
Root, flesh of the Pileus thick & brittle,
of a pale white within, Gills a sordid green,
in two or three series, -- Curtain or semi-volva
of a sulphur colour, tis an elegant &
showy plant, and on the ground where
they grew looked as if it had been strawed
with fine red cheeked Apples.
        