Drawings of fungi
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Agaricus On a wooden post, near the ground (perhaps on the ground) Con castle. Oct 18th. 1839 Clustered. Pileus hemispherical, at length entire plain, irregular, clusthy yellow. Gills free, clusthy. Spore's pale yellow. Stem hollow, fibrous somewhat, longitudinally scaly. Pileus brown towards the foot over the stem, which foot is not always the center. Flesh then capriciously towards the circumference where it is transparent. Gills about four in a set. The figure of them not much to be relied on. Stem reaching 5 inches, about 3/4 inch in breadth. Yellow with brown stain especially occurring on the end next the earth. General direction horizontal suddenly turning upward. Apt to split lengthwise, difficult to cut. All hollow, cavity widest at the base.