“The _prunulus_ (_gambosus_) is much prized in the Roman market, where it easily fetches, when fresh, thirty baiocchi--_i.e._, fifteen pence per pound--a large sum for any luxury in Rome. It is sent in little baskets as presents to patrons, fees to medical men, and bribes to Roman lawyers.”--_Dr. Badham._ The _Agaricus gambosus_ “is one that a person cannot well make any mistake about. It sometimes attains a large size, is excellent in flavour, and particularly wholesome.”--_Rev. M. J. Berkeley._ _Mode of Cooking Agaricus gambosus._--“The best mode of cooking _Agaricus gambosus_ is either to mince or fricassee it with any sort of meat, or in a _vol-au-vent_, the flavour of which it greatly improves; or simply prepared with salt, pepper, and a small piece of bacon, lard, or butter, to prevent burning, it constitutes of itself an excellent dish.”--_Dr. Badham._ “Served with white sauce, it is a capital appendage to roast veal.”--_Edwin Lees._ It may be broiled, stewed, or baked. _Breakfast Agaric._--Place some fresh-made toast, nicely divided, on a dish, and put the agarics upon it; pepper, salt, and put a small piece of butter on each; then pour on each one a tea-spoonful of milk or cream, and add a single clove to the whole dish. Place a bell-glass, or inverted basin, over the whole; bake twenty minutes, and serve up without removing the glass until it comes to the table, so as to preserve the heat and the aroma, which, on lifting the cover, will be diffused through the room. It dries very readily when divided into pieces, and retains most of its excellence. A few pieces added to soups, gravies, or made-dishes, give a delicious flavour. _Agaricus rubescens_ (Brown Warty Agaric). [Illustration: Fig. 34. _Agaricus rubescens_ (Red-fleshed Mushroom). Woods, summer and autumn; colour, sienna-brown; diameter, 4 to 10 inches.] _Pileus_ convex, then expanded, cuticle brown, scattered over with warts varying in size. Margin striate. _Gills_ white, reaching the stem, and forming very fine decurrent lines upon it. _Ring_ entire, wide and marked with striæ. _Stem_ often scaly, stuffed, becoming hollow; when old, bulbous. Volva obliterated. The whole plant has a tendency to turn a sienna-red, or rust colour. This is very distinctly shown some little time after it has been bruised. It is very common all through the summer and autumn months; indeed, one of the most abundant mushrooms; “and it is one of those species that a person with the slightest powers of discrimination may distinguish accurately from others.”--_Badham._ _Opinions on the Merits of Agaricus rubescens as an Edible Fungus._--“A very delicate fungus, which grows in sufficient abundance to render it of importance in a culinary point of view.”--_Badham._ “From long experience I can vouch for its being not only wholesome, but, as Dr. Badham says, ‘a very delicate fungus.’”--_F. Currey_, Editor of Dr. Badham’s “Esculent Funguses.”