AGARICUS. 



Galera. of one colour, pallid ferruginous when damp, becoming pale when 

 dry, hygrophanous, somewhat membranaceous, conico-campanu- 

 late, commonly smooth, slightly striate when moist, wholly even 

 when dry, opaque, somewhat atomate. Stem commonly 7.5-10 

 cent. (3-4 in.) long, 2 mm. (i lin.) thick, fistulose, fragile, equal or 

 when larger thickened downwards, tense and straight, somewhat 

 shining, striate upwards, of the same colour as the pileus when 

 moist, and like it becoming pale when dry. Gills adnate in the 

 top of the cone, appearing as if free, ascending, somewhat crowded, 

 linear, cinnamon. 



The gills though linear are conspicuously broader than those of A. lateritius. 

 Very changeable, larger and smaller. A notable form is A. pilosellus P. (on 

 rotten wood), pileus and stem when moist pubescent with short erect tender 

 hairs. Var. growing in drier weather : A. gilvo-brunneus Jimgh. t. 6. f. 12. 



Pastures and grassy places in woods. Common. May-Nov. 



Spores ellipsoid, 14-21 x 8-12 mk. K. ; 14-8 mk. W.G.S. ; 14x7 mk. }\\P. 

 Name tener, tender. Sch&ff, t. 70. f. 6-8. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 391. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 267. Berk. Out. p. 162. B. &= Br. n. 2005*. C. Hbk. n. 377. Illust. 

 PL 461. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 347. Sow. t. 33. /. i. Bull. t. 535. /. i. Bolt. 

 66. f. 2. Brigant. t. 19. f. 5-10. 



654. A. ovalis Fr. Pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) high and broad, 

 ferruginous when moist, becoming yellow when dry, somewhat 

 membranaceous, ovali - campanulate, margin straight and ad- 

 pressed to the stem, obtuse, even. Stem 7.5 cent. (3 in.) long, 2 

 mm. (i lin.) thick, fistulose, equal, tense and straight, slightly 

 striate, of the same colour as the pileus. The partial veil fugacious, 

 but at the first here and there in the form of a ring. Gills some- 

 whatfree, very ventricose, very broad, crowded, ferruginous, some- 

 what deliquescent. 



Large, very fragile, with the nature of the Pratellcz. 



On dung and among grass. Uncommon. Sept.-Oct. 



Name ovalis, oval. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 389. Hym. Eur. p. 268. Berk. 

 Out. p. 162. C. Hbk. n. 375. Illust. PI. 462. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 348. A. 

 campanulatus Bull. t. 552. /. i. 



655. A. antipus Lasch. Pileus 1-2.5 cent - (X~i in-) broad, 

 deep ochraceous when moist, pale almost white when dry, hy- 

 grophanous, campanulate then expanded, with a slightly fleshy 

 prominent disc, but not umbonate, even, smooth ; flesh white 

 when dry. Stem curt, 2.5 cent, (i in.) long, paler than the pileus, 

 tense and straight, striate, mealy, bulbous at the base, with a 

 long, tortuous, smooth, tail-like root. Gills almost free, atten- 

 uated behind, crowded, semi -lanceolate, light yellowish -ochra- 

 ceous then at length cinnamon. 



