104 AGARICUS. 



CoUybia. GiUs at first slightly adnexed, soon free, soinewhat crowded, linear, 

 whitish. 



Gregarious, somewhat caespitose, strong-smelling. Like Maj-asmius ejy- 

 thropus, but a true Agaric, nearest to A. conjlueyis. 



In woods. Coed Coch. 



Spores 6-7 X 3-3 >^ mk. ^. Name — hariohis, 2^soo\h%^y&[. Another name 

 of the species is A. sagarum, from saga, a witch. The names seem to indi- 

 cate some superstitious idea attached in France to the Agaric, or some super- 

 stitious use made of it. Dec. Fl.fr. \\. p. 182. Bull. t. 585./. 2. Fr. Mon- 

 ogr. \. p. 155. Hym. Eur. p. 117. B. &= Br. n. 1740. C. Illust. PL 150. 

 A, sagarum Seer. ?i. 735. 



210. A. confluens Pers. — Pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) and more 

 broad, hygrophanous, rufescent when moist, wholly white when 

 dry, slightly fleshy, but tough, flaccid, convex then flattened, at 

 first obtuse, at length however (contrary to rule) broadly and 

 obtusely umbonate, slightly striate at the margin when moist, even 

 when dry. Stem 7.5-12.5 cent. (3-5 in.) long, 2 mm. (i lin.) and 

 more thick, but widened in lying flat against others and occa- 

 sionally truly united in a bundle, and dilated chiefly at the apex, 

 fisttilose^ remarkably cartilaginous, rufous, everywhet-e piclveriilent 

 with dense white villous dow7i. Gills /r^^, at length remote from 

 the stem, very crowded, very narrow, linear, flesh-colour then 

 whitish. 



Growing in troops, many individual specimens becoming confluent in rows 

 by the expanded floccose mycelium, but easily separating each from the 

 other, not truly caespitose. In external appearance various Maras7nii are 

 very like it. A. harioloruin, A. i?igratus, andr^. acervatus are allied to it. 



In woods. Frequent. June-Oct. 



Name — confliw, to flow together. From the cohering stems. Pers. Syn.p. 

 368. Ic.pict. t. 5./. I. Fr. Monogr. p. 156. Hym. Eur. p. 117. Berk. 

 Out. p. 116. C. Hbk. 71. 145. Illust. PL 150. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 117, Saund. 

 6^ Sm. t. 30. FL Bat. t. 1083. Buxh. C. iv. t. 20. — Batschf. 104 var. 



211. A. ingratus Schum. — Pileus 4 cent. {lYz in.) broad, dingy 

 fuscous-tan, slightly fleshy, pliant, globoso-campanulate then ex- 

 panded, U7nb07iate, even, smooth. Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 

 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) thick or in becoming compressed still broader, 

 cartilaginous, fistulose, flexuous, twined, beco77ii7ig fuscoiis, not 

 rooted at the base, at length umber, white-77iealy above., internally 

 villous at the sides. Gills /r^i?, very crowded and narrow, but 

 slightly ventricose, quite entire, pallid. 



C^spitose, tough, with a mouldy odour. A smaller form occurs : Pileus 

 2,5 cent, (i in.) broad, convex then plane. Stem 4 cent. (iK in.) long, only 

 2 mm. (i hn.) thick, pulverulent, attenuated and smooth downwards, exter- 

 nally and internally of the same colour as the pileus, not rufesce?it. 



