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Agaricus adscendens. Hist. 55.
Curved Agaric.

Ag holosericatus

This uncommon Agaric I gathered
in several Woods near Halifax in Septr [September] &
Octr [October] 1786.

It grows on the Banks beside pathways
in Woods where the tracks are worn
deep and the earth over hangs, I know not
how to express it, but just such places as
the Wren builds her Nest in.

The substance of the Plant dry and elastic,
the stem solid and destitute of volva, the pileus
appears glossy and feels silky on the crown,
the verge is regularly & beautifully rolld [rolled] inward
and seems coverd [covered] with a short velvety
dawn [down] -- The stem grows at first Horizontaly [Horizontally],
then curves gradually upwards.
I never met with it till this year.
        