33* 



AGARICUS. 



Name urtica, nettle ; colo, to inhabit. B. & Br. n. 919. Fr. Hym. Eur. 

 p. 309. C. Illust. PL 596. B. 



SERIES V. COPRINARII (/C^TT/JOS, dung.) Spores black, hence 



the gills, which are all separate from each other, never become 



purple or fuscous. The genus Coprinus is readily distinguished 



by the gills cohering at first (not separate) and by their becoming 



fluid, &c. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 309. 



Intermediate between Agaricus &h& Coprinus. 



Subgenns XXXIV. PAN^IOLUS (iravofoAos, all- variegated). 



Veil woven, often awanting. Stem 

 polished, slightly firm. Pileus slight- 

 ly fleshy, without strice, the margin 

 exceeding the gills. Gills ascending 

 into the top of the cone, " papilion- 

 aceous" that is variegated, when 

 young here and there somewhat pale 

 yellowish in dry weather. Commonly 

 growing on dung. Fr. Hym. Eur. 



P- 309- 



The species will usually be found 



in rich places, near villages, &c., in 

 summer and late autumn. None are 

 edible. 



* Pileus, with a gelatinous - liquescent 

 cuticle, viscous, shining- when dry. 



** Pileus { (damp) moist, opaqzie, bibulous, 

 when dry somewhat flocculose. 



*** Pileus dry, smooth, slightly shining, not zoned. 

 **** Pileus dry, smooth, zoned round the margin. 



* Pileus viscous, shining when dry. 



760. A. separatus Linn. Pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) high, clay- 

 whitish, slightly fleshy, ovato-campanulate, obtuse, even, smooth, 

 viscous. Stem as much as 20 cent. (8 in.) long, varying shorter, 

 fistulose, tense and straight and rigid, slightly attenuated from 

 the thickened base, almost 4 mm. (2 lin.) thick, whitish, even, 

 striate under a lens, smooth, naked, black-pruinate above with 

 the spores. Ring distant, entire, persistent, white. Gills adnate, 

 but almost separating, ascending, 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) broad, cin- 

 ereous-black. 



A. major, pileus ovato-campanulate. A. semiovatus Sow. t. 131. A. cili- 



XXXV. Agaricus (JPan&olus) sepa- 

 rates. One-fourth natural size. 



