AGARICUS. 



Piuteus. again at the very apex, slightly striate, whitish. Gills free, flesh- 

 colour. 



The pileus and stem are commonly 2.5 cent, (i in.) only, but individual 

 specimens occur with the pileus 6 cent. (2 l / 2 in.) broad, and the stem 5-7.5 

 cent. (2-3 in. ) long. 



On fallen sticks and sawdust. Uncommon. Aug.-Oct. 



Spores 5 mk. W.G.S. Name nanus, dwarf. Pers. Syn. p. 357. Fr. 

 Monogr. i. p. 266. Hym. Eur. p. 187. Berk. Out. p. 141. C. Hbk. n. 242. 

 Illust. PL 305. a. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 235. Var. lutescens with stem and 

 often gills yellow. B. & Br. n. 676, yellow-stemmed var. C. Illust. PL 305. 

 b. A. pyrrhospermus Bull. t. 547. f. 3. 



414. A. spilopus B. & Br. Pileus brown, rugulose. Stem 

 flexuous, black-dotted. 



Dwarf. Allied to A. namis. 



On stumps. Batheaston, iSSo. 



Spores globose, even. B. & Br. ; 4 mk. W.P. Name o-TuAo?, spot ; TTOUS, 

 a foot. With spotted stem. B. &> Br. n. 1856. C. Illust. PL 325. 



*** Pileus naked, smooth. 



415. A. leoninus Schaeff. Pileus 4-7.5 cent. (iK~3 in-) broad, 

 yellow or lemon-yellow, very thin, somewhat membranaceous, 



fragile, campanulate the7i expanded, even, smooth, naked, slightly 

 striate at the margin. Stem 7.5 cent. (3 in.) and more long, 4-8 

 mm. (2-4 lin.) thick, solid, fragile, slightly attenuated upwards, 

 sometimes thickened at the base, longitudinally striate, becoming 

 whitish-light yellow. Gills free, white then flesh-colour, but for 

 the most part becoming light yellow at the edge. 



Erect. Commonly taller and much handsomer in the typical state than the 

 figures represent. Often confounded with the yellowish form of A. nanus. 



On wood. Rare. Sept.-Oct. 



Pileus often of the most brilliant orange. M.J.B. Name leoninus, per- 

 taining to a lion. Tawny. Schceff. f. 48. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 266. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 1 88. Berk. Out. p. 142. /. j.f. 4. C. Hbk. n. 244. Illust. PL 421. 

 Pers. Ic. descr. t. 7. f. 4. 



416. A. chrysophseus Schaeff. Pileus cinnamon, somewhat 

 membranaceous, campanulate then expanded, becoming even, 

 naked, smooth and streaked, striate at the margin. Stem some- 

 what hollow, smooth. Gills free, white then flesh-colour. 



The stature and substance are wholly those of A. leoninus, from which, how- 

 ever, it differs constantly in the stem "being fistuloso- hollow and less striate, and 

 in \.\\e pileus being dark cinnamon or pale umber, often black-streaked. 



