292 AGARICUS. 



Galera- of one colour, pallid femiginous whe?i damp, becoming pale when 

 dry, hygrophanous, somewhat membranaceous, co7iico-campanu- 

 late, commonly smooth, slightly striate when moist, wholly even 

 when dry, opaque, somewhat atomate. Stem commonly 7.5-10 

 cent. (3-4 in.) long, 2 mm. (i lin.) thick, fistulose, fragile, equal or 

 when larger thickened downwards, ioise and straight, somewhat 

 shining, striate upwards, of the same colour as the pileus when 

 moist, and like it becoming pale when dry. Gills adnate in the 

 top of the cone, appearing as if free, ascending, somewhat crowded, 

 linear, cijuiavion. 



The gills though linear are conspicuously broader than those of ^. lateritius. 

 Very changeable, larger and smaller. A notable form is A. pilosellus P. (on 

 rotten wood), pileus and stem whe7t moist pubescent with short erect tender 

 hairs, Var. growing in drier weather : A. gilvo-brunneus Jungh. t. 6./. 12. 



Pastures and grassy places in woods. Common. May-Nov. 



Spores ellipsoid, 14-21 x 8-12 mk. A'. / 14-8 mk. IV.G.S. ; 14x7 mk. IV. P. 

 Name — tener, tender. Schceff, t. 70. f. 6-8. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 391. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 267. Berk. Out. p. 162. B. &= Br. n. 2005*. C. Hbk. n. 377. Illust. 

 PL 461. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 347. Sow. t. 33./". i. Bull. t. 535./. i. Bolt. 

 66./. 2. Brigant. t. ig. f. 5-10. 



654. A. ovalis Fr. — Pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) high and broad, 

 ferrttginotis whe?! moist, becoming yellow when dry, somewhat 



membranaceous, ovali - campajiiilate., margin straight and ad- 

 pressed to the stem, obtuse, even. Stem 7.5 cent. (3 in.) long, 2 

 mm. (i lin.) thick, fistulose, equal, tense afid straight, slightly 

 striate, of the same colour as the pileus. The partial veil fugacious, 

 but at the first here and there in the form of a ring. Gills so7?ie- 

 luhatfree, very ventricose, very broad, crowded, ferruginous, some- 

 what deliquescent. 



Large, very fragile, with the nature of the Pratellce. 



On dung and among grass. Uncommon. Sept.-Oct. 



Name — ovalis, oval. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 389. Hyvi. Eur. p. 268. Berk. 

 Out. p. 162. C. Hbk. n. 375. Illust. PI. 462. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 348. A. 

 campanulatus Bull. t. 552./. i. 



655. A. antipus Lasch. — Pileus 1-2.5 cent. (X-i in.) broad, 

 deep ochraceous when moist, pale almost white when dry, hy- 

 grophanous, campanulate then expanded, with a slightly fleshy 

 prominent disc, but not umbonate, even, smooth ; flesh white 

 when dry. Stem curt, 2.5 cent, (i in.) long, paler than the pileus, 

 tense and straight, striate, inealy, biclbous at the base, with a 

 long, tortuous, smooth, tail-like root. Gills almost free, atten- 

 uated behind, crowded, semi -lanceolate, light yellov^'ish -ochra- 

 ceous then at length cinnamon. 



