72 AGARICUS. 



ciitocybe. Among iTioss. Cocd Coch, 1877. Oct. 



Spores 5x3 mk. IV.P. Name — diminutive, hirnea, a jug. Shaped like a 

 small jug. Fr. Alonogr. \. p. 103. Hym. Eur. p. 82. Ico7i. t. 48./. 3. B. &' 

 Br. 71. 1841. C. Illust. PI. 246. Quel. Jur. t. 3./. 2. 



^■^ Pilcus violaceous, rufescent. 



137. A. cyanophaeus Fr. — Pileus 7.5-10 cent. (3-4 in.) broad, 

 becoming azure-blue-fuscous, compact, convex then plane, ob- 

 tuse, smooth. Stem 7.5 cent. (3 in.) long, 2.5 cent, (i in.) thick 

 at the base, attenuated upwards, robust, solid, smooth, becojnmg 

 azure-blue when young, abruptly white at the apex. Gills deeply 

 decurrent, crowded, violaceous, then becoming pale. 



An elegant species, clearly distinct from A. Jiudus. 



Var. Pengellei, minor, B. «& Er, The abrupt white apex of the stem is very 

 remarkable. Cornwall. Name — after T. W. Pengelly. B. 6^ Br. 



Name — /cvai/09, blue ; <^aios, dusky. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 82. Var. Pengellei 

 B. df Br. n. 1993. C. Illust. PI. 264. A. nudus Ha7-z. t. 30. Go7i7t. fir" 

 Rab. t. 17. f. I. 



138. A. amanis Fr. — Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad, rufes- 

 cent or becoming fuscous, then becoming pale, whitish, fleshy, 

 pliant, convex then flattened, obtuse, dry, atjirstjibrilloso-silky, then 

 becoming smooth, rivulose, margin at first involute, thin ; flesh 

 compact but not thick, white, Stem 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) long, 12 

 mm. {yi in.) thick, stuped, tough, firm, equal, fibrillose when young, 

 becoming smooth when more full-grown, but more or less white- 

 tomentose at the base, white. Gills adnato-decurrejit, crowded, 

 thin, 4 mm. (2 lin.) broad, quite entire, becoming pale white. 



Odour peculiar, taste very bitter. A well-defined species, but deceitful on 

 account of the changeable colour of the pileus. It has been noticed rufous- 

 fuscous and whitish-fuscous, paler round the margin. The pileus is often 

 unequal and repand, unpolished under a lens. 



In woody places. Holm Lacy, 1878, &c. 



Spores 4 mk. W.P. Name — a77iarus, bitter, Fr. Monogr. i. p. 107. Hyni. 

 Eur. p. 83. B. df Br. 7i. 1842. C. Illust. PI. 134. 



139. A. socialis Fr. — Pileus about 2.5 cent, (i in.) broad, pale- 

 yellowish with a reddish tinge, fleshy, convex then expanded, 

 acutely umboiiate especially when young, even, smooth, dry ; flesh 

 moderately thin, white. Stem 2.5 cent, (i in.) long, 4 mm. (2 lin.) 

 or a little more thick, solid, fibrous, commonly ascending, smooth, 

 reddish, the rootijig base hairy. Gills plano-decurrent, scarcely 

 crowded, becoming yellow. 



