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 TAB. CXXX. in Earlham plantation of firs, by the road leading to Norwich, in autumn. I could not help giving it the above name. It should seem to be the A. bulbosus of Hudson. The A. bulbosus of Schæff, Bolt. With. 3d ed. 217. &c. seem all to be no other than a variety of A. muscarius Linn, which has been multiplied to many species. TAB. CXXXI. With. 296. ed. 3.

Schæff. t. 210.

found in a less luxuriant state than represented, yet often larger. This variety of proportions has given it so many appearances, that it is easily enough taken for different species. It is A. acuminatus of Schæff. when the pileus is found acuminated, which is not uncommon; A. ciliaris of Bolt, when occasionally lacerated; A. semiovatus of Dr. Withering, when the plant is nearest to perfection in all its parts. The gills are, in the beginning, edged with a white farina, or powder; by degrees they become mottled with brown, and finally black, when they are seen to be double, and composed of capillary tubes, which deliquesce along with the black feed. In a perfect state, it has an annulus, and is most plentiful in moist meadows, on dung, in spring and autumn. On a dewy morning the pileus is covered with a moisture, through which it shines with a beautiful sparkling lustre.