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AGARICUS. 



Eccilia. deeply decurrent, very distant, broad, few, the alternate ones 

 shorter, whitish then flesh-colour. j 



A very remarkable species. It may be well compared with .^4. pyxidatus, but 

 is smaller. It presents a striking analogy with A. umbelliferus, but is readily 

 distinguished by the rosy spores. 



On rotten wood, and tops of walls. Lincoln, i860, &c. Sept. 



Spores ovoid, pentangular, spotted, 10 mk. Q. Name — poSoi/, rose ; KuAt|, 

 cup. Only apphcable if "rose" applies to the spores, and "cup" to the 

 pileus. Lasch n. 567. Fr. Moiiogr. i. p. 301. Icon. t. 100. f. 6. B. ^ Br. 

 n. 904. C. Hbk. 71. 288. Illust. PL 343. 



ciaudopus. Siibgeiins XVIII. CL AUDOPUS (^/^^z/^^^j-, lame ; ttous, a foot). 

 Worth. Smith in Seem. Journ. Pileus excentric, lateral or resu- 

 pinate. Spores rubiginous, in A. byssiscdits at least angular. 



A small group intermediate between 

 the Hyporhodii and the Dermini. The 

 spores of A. euosjnus and sapidtis are 

 pale lilac, quite different from the 

 rubiginous spores of the Claudopodes. 

 Besides, these species have no affinity 

 with the true Claudopodes, but a 

 very close one with the Leucospori, so 

 that A. eiios7mis was first taken for 

 a variety of A. ostreatus. To none of 

 their finders did it occur to separate 

 these species from the Leucospori 

 and place them among the Crepidoti 

 or the Hyporhodii. Moreover, lilac 

 spores never occur among the Hypo- 

 rhodii, but among the Pratelli. Fr. 

 Hyin. Eur. p. 213. 



XIX. Agaricus {Ciaudopus) vari- 

 abilis. Natural size. 



487. A. variabilis Pers. — Pileus white, slightly fleshy, resupi- 

 nate then reflexed, even, tojne7itose^ putting forth from the centre 

 a short, incurved, villous stem, which is obliterated when the 

 pileus is reflexed. Gills at first concurrent in an excentric point, 

 then reaching the base, broad, distant, whitish then rubiginous. 



Here and there it occurs sterile, with white gills. 



On sticks, stumps, leaves, (Sec. Common. May-Nov. 



Spores elliptic, rusty-pink. M.J.B.; 6x3 mk. W.G.S.; ellipsoid, 9-14 x 

 5-8 mk. K.; 6-7x2-3 mk. B. Name — variabilis, variable. Pers. Obs. 2. /. 



