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... Agaricus balaninus, P., have a predilection for beech mast. Agaricus urticoecola, B. and Br., seems to confine itself to nettle roots. Coprinus radians, Fr., makes its appearance on plaster walls, Coprinus domesticus, Fr., on damp carpets. The only epizoic species, according to M. Fries, is Agaricus cerussatus v. nauseosus, which has been met with in Russia on the carcase of a wolf; this, however, might have been accidental. Persoon described Agaricus Neapolitanus, which was ... — Fungi: Their Nature and Uses • Mordecai Cubitt Cooke |