HISTORY OF AGARICS,

AGARICUS stipitatus, lamellis omnibus aequalibus original: "Agaric with a stem, with all gills equal", Sp: Pl: 1640.
Agaricus stipitatus, pileo convexiusculo viscido purpureo, lamellis omnibus aequalibus albis. original: "Agaric with a stem, cap somewhat convex, sticky and purple, with all gills equal and white." Hud: Angl: 610: 4. Battar, fung, tab. 15, fig. E.

I. integer.

THE root is a little swollen and irregular, terminating the stem obtusely; it is firm and feels solid, is of a brittle substance, emits a few proper fibers, and sustains one plant only.

The stem is round, upright, solid, of a spongy brittle substance, the thickness of one's thumb, and two or three inches high. The color is a perfect white, both within and without; there is no curtain.

The gills are in one series, regularly extended from the head of the stem to the rim of the pileus; sometimes, however, there are a few intermediate ones extending but half way. They are constantly of a pure white color, while young of a tender substance, and greedily devoured by the snails.

The pileus is smooth, while young of a globular figure, and covered with a glutin A gummy or glutinous fluid, which is found, like a varnish, on the surface of many Agarics.. When in perfection it is horizontal, smooth, plain, sometimes white, often strongly tinged, especially towards the rim, with a fine crimson, a carnation, or a purple color, which in decay changes to a dirty blue or green; the diameter is from two to four inches, abounds with flesh of a spongy brittle substance and white color; at last it dissolves into a brown turgid jelly.

Grows in all the woods about Halifax in plenty, from August to November.