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AGARICUS. 



Name — ta-tica, nettle ; colo, to inhabit. B. ^ Br. n. 919. Fr. Hym. Ejir. 

 p. 309. C. Illust. PL 596. B. 



Series V. COPRINARII (/coTrpos, clung.) Spores black, hence 



the gills, which are all separate from each other, never become 



purple or fuscous. The genus Coprinus is Readily disti?7ginshed 



by the gills coliering at first (not separate) and by their becoinijig 



fiuid, &^c. Fr. Hyni. Eur. p. 309. 



Intermediate between Agaricus ?iX\^ Copi'imis. 



Panseokis. Subge?iiis XXXIV. PAN^OLUS {-KavaioXos, all- Variegated). 



Veil woven, often awanting. Stem 

 polished, slightly firm. Pileus slight- 

 ly fieshy, without stricE, the margin 

 exceediiig the gills. Gills ascending 

 into the top of the cone, " papilion- 

 aceous" that is variegated, when 

 young here and there somewhat pale 

 yellowish in dry weather. Commonly 

 growing o?i dtmg. Fr. Hym. Eur. 

 p. 309. 



The species will usually be found 

 in rich places, near villages, &c., in 

 summer and late autumn. None are 

 edible. 



XXXV. Agariciis {_Pnncrolns) sepa- 

 ratics. One-fourth natural size. 



* Pileus, with a gelatinous - liquescent 

 cuticle, viscous, shining whe7i dry. 



** Pileus \{d amp) moist, opaque^ bibnlons, 

 when dry somewhat Jlocculose. 

 *** PileJis dry, sinooth, slightly shijiing, not zo?ied. 

 **** Pileus dry, sinooth, zofied round the margin. 



* Pileus viscous, shifting whe?i dry. 



760. A. separatus Linn.— Pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) high, clay- 

 whitish, slightly fleshy, ovato-campanulate, obtuse, even, smooth, 

 viscojis. Stem as much as 20 cent. (8 in.) long, varying shorter, 

 fistulose, tense and straight and rigid, slightly attenuated from 

 the thickened base, almost 4 mm. (2 lin.) thick, whitish, even, 

 striate under a lens, smooth, naked, black-pruinate above with 

 the spores. Ring distant, entire, persistent, white. Gills adnate, 

 but almost separating, ascending, 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) broad, cin- 

 ereous-black. 



A. major, pileus ovato-campanulate. A. semiovatus Sow. t. 131. A. cili- 



