Order Hymenomycetes. Tribe Pileati. 



Plate XLIX. 



AGARICUS PURUS. 



RadisJi -scented Agaric. 

 Subgenus Mycena. 



Spec. Char. Agaricds purus. Strong-scented ; pileus rather fleshy, campanulate, at length expanded, obtuse, 

 umbonate, smooth, turning pale ; margin striate. Stem rigid, even, nearly naked, villous at the base. Gills widely 

 sinuated, adnexed, very broad, connected by veins, paler than the pileus. 

 Agaricus purus, Persoon, Fries, Berkeley. 



^ roseus, Batsch. 



coUinus, Larlier. 



This species is extremely common in woods and shady pastures, and attracts admiration by its 

 elegant form and beautiful colour. The odour however is strong and disagreeable, like that of radishes ; and 

 were its qualities better, it seldom occurs in such masses as to make so small a species worth notice. Its 

 hot, pungent, disagreeable smell does not indicate any desirable culinary properties. There is no species 

 with which it can easily be confounded, except perhaps A. j)elianthmus, and that is distinguishable at once 

 by the dark margin of the gills, an effect produced by short, close-packed, purple-brown hairs. It is 

 rather tough as regards substance, and assumes an infinite variety of tints, of which, however, rose and 

 purple are the most prevalent. When dry it loses much of its beauty. In this state it is represented in 

 the three middle fisfures. 



