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(43.) AGARICUS PROCERUS ; Lepiota procera ; The Pasture 

 Parasol. (PI. I. fig. 1 ; Tab. I. fig. 2.) 



Hahitat. In pastures, and among grass on sandy and gravelly- 

 soils. Solitary, or in groups. 



Season. July to October. Common. 



Pileus. Four to eigbt or ten inches across, bistre, or red-brown ; 

 at first a rounded cone, then campanulate, expanding, parasol- 

 shaped, umbonate. Cuticle velvety, broken up into broad scales, 

 like brown shaggy leather. Margin whitish, or pinky, silky, 

 fimbriate. 



Stem. Six to twelve inches high, comparatively slender, cylin- 

 drical, attenuate, bulbous below, white, squamose with brown scales, 

 deeply sunk into pileus. Ring strong, thick, movable, persistent. 



Section. Flesh white, thick, soft, cottony at margin, rufescent 

 when bruised. Stem fistulose, with interior fibres. Gills white, 

 or creamy, ventricose, serrulate, remote. Odour farinaceous. 

 Flavour pleasant. Spores white. 



Obs. In chapter vii. One of the very best esculents. Probably superior to 

 the Pratelle.— ir. D. H. 



(44.) AGARICUS RACHOCES ; Lepiota rachodes ; The Grey 

 Parasol. 



Habitat. Pastures, in shady corners. Solitary. 



Season. July to October. Common. 



Pileus. Three to eight inches across, grey, the scales brown ; 

 globular at first, then expanding, depressed, and umbonate ; velvety, 

 shaggy. Margin shaggy. 



Stem. Six to twelve inches high, white, slender, not squamose, 

 attenuate, bulbous below. Ring torn, movable. 



Section. Flesh white, rufescent where bruised, thick, soft. 



Stem hollow, containing fibres. Gills pallid, ventricose, serrulate, 



free. Odour farinaceous. Taste pleasant. Spores white. 



Obs. In chapter vii. Perhaps it is fanciful to say this is any inferior to Lep. 

 procera. — W. D. H. 



Genus AGARICUS. Sub-genus MY GEN A . 



(45.) AGARICUS PURUS ; Mycena pura ; The Mauve-cap. 

 Habitat. Among moss and leaves in woods. In groups. 

 Season. August to N'ovember. Common. 



