78 AGARICINI. 



Hygro- cent, (i^/z m ') an d rnore thick, solid, equal or attenuated down- 

 phorus. W ards, at length soft, often hollow and fragile at the apex, exter- 

 nally in a remarkable degree longitudinally fibrillose, fuliginous, 

 pubescent and whitish at the base. Veil none. Gills remarkably 

 decurrent, exceedingly distant, very broad, thick, quite entire, at 

 first white, at length waxy-soft, becoming glaucous. 



A most distinct species, in habit to be compared only with Ag. elixus. The 

 gills are sometimes altogether eaten away by slugs. 



In pastures. Bath. Glamis. Oct. 



Spores ellipsoid-sphaeroid, 6-8x4-5171!:. K.; ellipsoid, guttate, 10 mk. Q. 

 Name caper, a goat. From the streaking of the fibrils. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 

 131. Hym. Eur. p. 412. B. &= Br. n. 1278. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 521. Ag. 

 Scop. Krombh. t. 72. f. 21-23. 



19. H. leporinus Fr. Pileus 2.5-5 cent - ( I-2 m -) broad, yellow- 

 rufescent, varying fuscous, equally fleshy, convex, gibbous, equal, 

 fibrilloso-floccose t opaque. Stem short, stuffed, firm, rigid, atten- 

 uated commonly downwards, more rarely upwards, flbrillose, 

 pallid. Gills decurrent, pale yellowish. 



Its appearance is wholly that of H. pratensis. 



In woods and on downs. Rare. Sept.-Oct. 



Spores pale umber. M.J.B. Name lepus, a hare. From the colour. Fr. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 412. Berk. Oiit. p. 199. C. Hbk. n. 559. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 

 522. Ag. Schceff. t. y.-$.Batt. t. 9. / B. 



20. H. nemoreus Fr. Pileus somewhat orange, equally fleshy, 

 convex then expanded, gibbous and at length depressed, some- 

 what smooth. Stem stuffed, firm, squamulose t fibroso-striate, 

 attenuated at the base. Gills decurrent, thick, distant, somewhat 

 of the same colour. 



In woods. Stoke Poges. Dec. 



Spores white. B. & Br. ; ovate-spherical, punctate, 5-6 mk. Q. Name 

 nemus, a grove. Found in wooded groves. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 413. B. 6^ Br. 

 n. 1668. 



21. H. pratensis Fr. Pileus 2.5-5 cent - ( ! ~ 2 in -) and more 

 broad, somewhat pale yellowish, compactly fleshy especially at the 

 disc, thin towards the margin, convex then flattened, almost tur- 

 binate from the stem being thickened upwards, even, smooth, 

 moist (but not viscous) in rainy weather, when dry often rimosely 

 incised, here and there split regularly round ; flesh firm, white. 

 Stem 4-5 cent. (1^-2 in.) long, 12 mm. (^ m O and more thick, 

 stuffed, internally spongy, externally polished-evened and firmer, 

 attenuated downwards, even, smooth, naked. Gills remarkably 



