English authority ; and among the Milky Agarics several liave spores decidedly buff in hue. At first the 

 tiavour of A. suljndverulentus is agreeable, but it leaves an astringent roughness in the mouth and fauces ; 

 it is a pity that it is not esculent, as it abounds in places and seasons where it would be very acceptable. 



The subjects depicted formed a portion of a ring twenty feet at least across. About the same autumnal 

 period A. dealhatm appears, in similar habitats, and affecting a circular growth : that has also a tendency to 

 excentric development, and some general resemblance in size and style, but is of less tleshy proportions, has 

 a much smoother pileus, being under the division of Clitocybe, a smooth stem, adnate, nearly decurrent, 

 gills, and quite white spores. It is not easy for an inexperienced observer to decide, on cursory examination, 

 whether some fuU-gTown Agarics are to be placed under Trichohma or Clitocyhe, but it wiU assist in the re- 

 search to notice whether fibrillose striae are found on the stem, terminating at a point below the apex, 

 answering to the contact of the youthful pileus with it ; if so, and corroborating traces exist on the cap, it 

 would be labour lost to look through the division Clitocyhe for an Agaric we may be pretty sure once pos- 

 sessed the fibrillose veil of those belonging to Trickoioma. 



