2 94 AGARICUS. 



Galera. Like A. fygmcBMS, but differing in the elongated stem, &c. 



In a cucumber-house. West Lynn, &c. Nov. 



Fries gives as its habitat grassy places in walks shaded by trees. Spores 

 8x4 mk. W.P. Name — affi?ns, allied to A. pyg?ncsus. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 389. 

 Hyju. Eur. p. 269. lco7i. t. \2&. f. i. C. Illust. PL 481. b. 



** Bryogeni. Pileus me7nbra7iaceous^ campan^ilate, &^c. 



659. A. vittseformis Fr. — Pileus 1-2.5 cent. (}4-i in.) broad, 

 date-browu when moist, membranaceous, conical then hemispheri- 

 cal, obtuse, even at the disc, striate towards the margin, smooth. 

 Stem 4-7.5 cent. (iX-3 in.) long, 1-2 mm. (>^-i lin.) thick, fis- 

 tulose, equal, somewhat straight, but not tense and straight, smooth 

 or sometimes pubescent, slightly striate under a lens, opaque, 

 rubigi7ious. Veil scarcely conspicuous. Gills adnate, broader at 

 the middle, in the form of a segment when larger, somewhat 

 ascending, somewhat distant, at first watery -cifinamon^ at length 

 ferruginous. 



A smaller form, corresponding with the figure of Schaeffer, has the pileus 

 papillate, the gills linear, and the stem paler. 



Among moss and grass. Perth, &c. Nov. 



Name — vitta, a chaplet ; forma, form. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 393. Hym. Eur. 

 p. 269. S. Mycol. Scot. 71. 350. C. Illust. PL 464. a. A. campanulatus 

 Schceff. t. 63./. 4-6 (stem light yellowish). 



660. A. rubiginosus Pers. — Pileus 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) broad, 

 cinnamon or honey colour when moist, tan when dry, hygrophan- 

 ous, membranaceous, campanulate, obtuse, striate throughout, 

 smooth, even when dry. Stem 5 cent. (2 in.) long, Jilifon/i, fis- 

 tulose, tough, flaccid, smooth, shining, bay-brown or dark ferrugi- 

 nous. Gills adnate, ascending, rather broad, but almost linear, 

 distant, ochraceous. 



It varies with the stem pubescent under a lens. Among the taller mosses 

 the stem is elongated, and more tense and straight. The gills do not become 

 pale. Intermediate between A. vittceformis and A. hypnoj-um. 



Among moss. Kew Gardens, 1866. Sept.-Oct. 



Name — rubigo, rust. From the colour of the stem. Pers. Sy?i. p. 385. Fr. 

 Monogr. i. p. 394. Hy7n, Eur. p. 269. Icoti. t. 128./] 3. B. ^r' Br. 71. 1252. 

 C. Illust. PL 464. b. 7)ii7tor. Alich. Ge7i. t. 7S-f' ^• 



661. A. hypnorum Batsch. — Pileus 6-12 mm. (3-6 lin.) broad, 

 ochraceous- pale -yellowish or watery-cinnamon, tan when dry- 

 hygrophanous, membranaceous, campanulato-convex, most fre- 

 quently ^c?////tz/^ at the umbo, but varying obtuse, lincato-sttiate 



