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628. Cortinarius (Hygr.) fasciatus Fr. 



N.E. — Scarborough. Damp places in pastures near firs. 

 S.W.— Shipley Glen (' Nat.', Sep. 1891). 



Melanospor-b. 

 AGARICUS L. 



629. Agaricus augustus Fr. 



N.E. — Scarborough. Abundant in a pine wood in the 

 .autumn of 1880. Rievaulx (F.F., 1903, ' Nat.', Nov.). 

 S.E. — Pocklington (F.F., 1893). 

 S.W.— Cullingworth. 

 Mid \V.— Bolton Woods (Fl. Skipt.). Edible. 



630. Agaricus elvensis B. & Br. 



N.E. — Castle Howard (F.F., 1892), in abundance. 

 S.W. — Owston (F.F., 1899). Edible, and considered 

 superior to the common mushroom Ag. campesti'is. 



631. Agaricus arvensis Schaeff. Horse Mushroom. 

 Common and generally distributed. Occasionally attains 



a diameter across the pileus of 18 to 20 inches. Edible. 



632. Agaricus cretaceus Fr. 

 S.\V.— Roche Abbey \'alley (Lees' Fl.). 

 Mid W.— Adel ; Wetherby (Lees' FL). 

 S.E. —Beverley (J. J. Marshall). 



633. Agaricus campestris L. Mushroom. 

 S.W.— Halifax (Bolton Tab. 45). Mirfield ('Nat.', Nov. 



1876), etc., etc. In pastures ; distribution general. 

 Var. silvicola Wii. 



N.E. — CastleHoward(F.F., 1892). Scarborough. Rievaulx 

 .(F.F., 1903, 'Nat.', Nov.). 



S.E. — Everingham (F.F., 1S93). Blackwood, Selby (F.l'., 

 1896). 



S.W. — Stainborough (F.F., 1897). In open wood. On 

 -soil heap, Skircoat Moorside (Fl. Hx.). 

 \'ar. pratensis \'itt. 



S.W.— Hebden Bridge (Fl. Hx.). 



Mid W.— Selby (F.F., 1896). 



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