20 AGARICUS. 



Lepiota. Among" moss in fir wood. Rare. Oct. 



Spores nine-pin-shaped when seen from the back, obliquely clavate from the 

 side. 15 mk. B. dr" Br.; 15-20x4-6, W.P. Name — metula, an obelisk. 

 From the shape of the spores. B. fir" Br. Ceylon Fungi, Linn. Journ. xi. p. 

 512. Ann. Nat. Hist. n. 1182. /. 18./". 5 spores. Fr. Hym. Fur. p. 32. 



30. A. cristatus A. & S.— Pileus 2.5-4 cent. (i-i}4 in.) some- 

 times 7.5 cent. (3 in.) broad, whitish, slightly fleshy, campanulate, 

 then expanded and umbonate, dry, smooth, but the cuticle separat- 

 ing into darker granulose sguaj?iules on the whitish ground ; flesh 

 thin, white. Stem 4 cent. {1% in.) long, 3 mm. {i}4. lin.) rarely 

 more thick, fistulose, equal, fragile, silky-fibrillose, not scaly, 

 silvery-white or rufescent. Ring continuous with the universal 

 scanty veil, hence it appears inferior, at first erect-spreading, then 

 torn. Gills free, remote, very crowded, at length plane, shining 

 white. 



It does not vary much except in the colour of the squamules on the pileus. 

 Smaller and firmer than A. clypeolarius, with a strong odour of radish. 



In fields, lawns, gardens, &c. Common. Aug.-Nov. 



Disc often fuscous-reddish. Spores ellipsoid, 7-8 x 4-5 mk. K. ; 6-8 x 2-3 

 B. Name— crista, a tuft, crest. Aid. &= Schw. p. 145. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 25. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 32. Berk. Out. p. 94. t. 3. f. 7. C. Hbk. n. 26. Illust. PI. 

 29. 6'. Mycol. Scot. 71. 2T. Grev. t. 176. Hussey i. t. 48. Price f. 105. 

 Krombh. t. 2^. f. 26-30. A. subantiquatus Batsch f. 205. 



31. A. ermineus Fr. — Pileus 5-6 cent. (2-2X in.) broad, white, 

 slightly fleshy, campanulate then soon flattened, only a little gib- 

 bous at the prominent, even, deeper-coloured disc, dry, si7iooth 

 and beco7ning even, then silky-fibrillose towards the 7nargin; flesh 

 soft, white. Stem 7.5 cent. (3 in.) long, 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) thick, 

 fistulose, equal, very fragile, dry, sojneuuhat fibrillose, the mem- 

 branaceous ring at length torn and fugacious. Gills free, but 

 reaching the stejn, by no means remote, very obtuse at both 

 ends, somewhat crowded, 6 mm. (3 lin.) broad, shining white. 



Somewhat gregarious, very fragile, inodorous, with the taste of radish. 



In grassy places in woods, &c. Coed Coch, &c. Nov. 



Spores pruniform, guttate, granular, 11-12 mk. Q. Name — ermine, from 

 its soft white appearance. Fr. Monogr. i. /. 26. Hym. Eur. p. 33. Sv. 

 Bot. t. 596./ I. B. &■ Br. n. 1184. S. Mycol. Scot. Siipp. Scot. Nat. vi, 

 p. 213. C. Illust. PI. 40. 



*** Annulosi. Ri7ig superior, fixed, &^c. 



32. A. Vittadinii Fr. — Pileus whitish, fleshy, convexo-plane, 

 obtuse, covered over with warty, dense, pointed scales. Stem 



