Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2

PLANT OF FRANCE.

A botanical illustration depicts seven mushrooms of varying sizes and growth stages, arranged in a row. The mushrooms feature thin, light-colored stalks and brownish, convex to flat caps. One mushroom appears to grow from a small patch of green moss.

Agaricus aquosus. — Agaricus melleus scæf. t. XLV. PORT. original: "scæf. t. XLV. PORT." referring to Jacob Christian Schäffer's plates This small mushroom grows to two or three inches. It is found in August and September in shady woods, among moss. CAP, irregularly rounded, convex, sometimes concave in the middle, often nipple-shaped, and always radiating at its edges. Its flesh is watery and has little consistency. GILLS; those that are whole are few in number. They are entirely detached from the stalk and form a distinct collar. The gills and parts of the gills are extremely fragile. STALK, hollow even in its youth. Its roots are numerous and arranged in flakes.

N. B. The same mushroom is represented in all its states and ages. It is rare not to find it covered with small, very agile white worms that gnaw the gills from its adolescence. It is of short duration.
It is odorless. It has a mushroom taste that is initially quite pleasant, but if kept in the mouth for a long time, it leaves a very unpleasant smell reminiscent of a stink bug.