PRATL.LLI. 3^7 



In meadows, &c. Cosmopolitan. May-Oct. Psaliota. 



Although very common it is very capricious in its gi-owth. Edible. Well 

 known as the common mushroom. Spores sphasroid-ellipsoid, 9 x 6 mk. A'.; 

 6x8 mk. IV.G.S. Name — cavipus, a plain, field. Linn. Siiec. ?i. 1205. Ft: 

 Monogr. i. f. 406. Hym. Eur. p. 279. Sverig. at I. Sv. t. 5. Berk. Out. p. 

 165. C. Hhk. n. 390. S. Mycol. Scot. 71. 364. Soiv. t. 305. Grev. t. 161. 

 Htissey i. /. 90. Schffff. t. 33. Krombh. t. 2-^. f. 1-8. Vittad. t. 6-8. Bar la 

 t. 27, Trait, t. K, Gonn. 5f Rab. 2. t. i. <S:c. 



* A. silvicola Vitt. — Pileus becommg even, shining, white. 

 Stem stuffed, elongated, somewhat bulbous, ring simple; flesh 

 somewhat unchangeable. Gills acute behind, whitish then slowly 

 becoming fuscous. 



Like A. arvensis, but distinguished by the ring, &c. 



In woods. Not uncommon. Name — silva, a wood ; colo, to inhabit. Vitt. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 280. Alonogr. i. p. 406. Berk. Out. p. 166. C. Hbk. 71. 

 390. S. Mycol. Scot. 71. 364. Kro//!bh. t. 23. f. 8. Go7i7i. 6^ Rab. ii. /. 2, 

 Paul. t. 183. 



689. A. silvaticus Schasff. — Pileus 7.5 cent. (3 in.) broad, 

 somewhc..t ferruginous, scales rufescent or becoming fuscous, 

 thinly fleshy, oval then campanulate and flattened, somewhat unt- 

 bonate, the whole surface ffoccose, torn into squamnles, the disc 

 however often remaining continuous, and at length denuded of 

 scales, margin often rimosely incised ; flesh thin, fragile, white, 

 commonly rufescent. Stem 7.5 cent. (3 in.) and more long, 12 

 mm. {Yz in.) thick, slender, at first stuffed with a cylindrical sep- 

 arate white pith, then hollow, equal, dingy white, fibrillose below 

 the ring, even above it, smooth. Ring distant, simple, floccose 

 beneath, sometimes wide but thin and membranaceous, some- 

 times narrow, incomplete, fugacious. Gills free, ventricose, 

 equally attcjiitated at botJi ends, thin, arid, reddish then cinnamon- 

 fuscous or umber-fuscous. 



The flesh is much thinner than that of its allies. The stem is much longer 

 and i7io7'e sle7ider than that of A. campestris, &c. 



In woods. Frequent. July-Sept. 



Smell strong, M.J.B. Spores 4x6 mk. W.G.S. Name — ^//t'rt!, a wood. 

 Schceff. t. 242. Fr. Mo/iogr. i. /. 406. Hy77i. Eur. p. 280. Be}-k. Out. p. 

 167. C. Hbk. 71. 391. S. Mycol. Scot. 71. 365. Kro7tibh. t. 24. y. 9, 10 (in- 

 clining to A. campestris). 



690. A. haemorrlioidarius Kalchbr. — Pileus rufous-fuscous, 

 fleshy, ovate then expanded, covered with broad adpressed scales, 

 margin at first be?it inwards; flesh when broken immediately 

 blood-red. Stem soon hollow, fibrillose, the solid base some- 

 what bulbous. Ring superior, large. Gills free, approximate, 

 crowded, rosy-flesh-colour, at length purple-umber. 



