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AGARICUS. 



Stropharia. umbo, miiuitely rivulose, adorned with superficial evanescent 

 snow-white scales; cuticle not peeling oft'. Stem 7.5 cent. (3 in.) 

 long, 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) thick, hollow, cylindrical, snow-white, 

 pulverulent above, brownish with silky transverse scales below. 

 Ring superior, deflexed. Gills adnate, sending a line down the 

 stem, but not truly decurrent, pallid then brown, transversely 

 striate. 



Spores dark brown. Allied apparently to A. caput-Meduscr. It has a close 

 analogy with A. crgcrita, <S:c. 



On fir-stumps. Rare. Sept. -Nov. 



Name — after Archibald Jerdon. B. il^ Br. ??. 913. t. 14. /. 2. C. Hbk. ??. 

 393. S. Mycol. Scot. 71. 376. /•>. Hym. Eur. p. 289. 



Hypholoma. Subgeiiiis XXXI. HYPHOLOMA (y^T], web ; Xuiyia, fringe). 

 Fr. Syst. Myc. i. p. 287. Hyyiicnopliore conti7inoiis with the stem. 



Veil woven into a web which adheres 

 to the ma7'gi?i of the pileits. Pileus 

 more or less fleshy, the margin at the 

 first incurved. Gills adnate or sin- 

 uate. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 290. 



Hypholoma corresponds with 

 T7'icJioloma, E?ttoloma, and Hebe- 

 loma. The veil which is woven in- 

 to a spidery web does not form a 

 ring. CcEspitose, growing oil wood. 

 The species are not edible, the tough 



ones being bitter, and the 

 ones almost devoid of flesh. 



fragile 



" Fasciculares {A. fascicularis). Colour 



XXXII. Agaricns {HypJiolojiid) of the tough, smooth, dry {except A. s/'/accus) 



fascicularis. One-fourth natural pUeus bright, fiot hygropha?ious. 



size. 



** Viscidi {viscidus, viscid). Pileus naked, 

 viscous. 



*** Velutini {A. velutinus). Pileus silky loith innate fibj-i Is or streaked. 

 **** Flocculosi {floccus, a lock of wool). IVithfloccose, superficial sepa?-at- 

 iug scales. 



•** Appendiculati {A. appe?idiculatus). Pileus smooth, hygrophanous. 



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* Fasciculares. Colour of the tough, smooth, dry {except 

 A. silaceus) pileus bright, not hygrophanous. 



708. A. silaceus Pers.— Pileus 7.5 cent. (3 in.) broad, orange- 

 rufous, fleshy, convex, viscous, silky and whitish round the 



