AGARICUS. 415 



Agaricus pratensis, Schaeffer, Icon,, t. 96; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 193 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 525. 



On pastures and woods. Distinguished by the greyish 

 gills becomiDg brown without any intermediate pink or 

 fleshy tinge, and in being rounded behind, the median deci- 

 duous ring, and the more or less hollow stem. 



Agaricus haemorrhoidarius. Schulz. 



Pileus 3-5 in. across, ovate then expanded, brownish, 

 usually tinged with red or pu]:ple at the disc, covered with 

 broad, adpressed scales or coarsely fibrilloso-squamose, flesh 

 thick, and like that of the stem, becoming deep red when 

 cut or bruised; gills free but near to the stem crowded, 

 ^^ in. broad, rosy flesh-colour then purplish umber ; stem 

 4-5 in. high, |-1 in. thick, subequal but more or less bulbous 

 at the base, straight, hollow, white, silky, becoming blood- 

 red when bruised, ring large, persistent; spores purple- 

 brown, 7-8 X 5 /x. 



Agaricus Jiaemorrlioidarius, Schulzer, in Kalchbrenner's 

 Icon. Hung., t. 18, fig. i. ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 195 ; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. .531. 



In pine and other woods, and in open places under trees. 

 Every part of the plant turns red when bruised. The stem 

 in typical specimens is almost pure white and straight, and 

 more or less bulbous at the base. Pileus becoming expanded, 

 but remaining gibbous in the centre. 



Agaricus peronatus. Massee. 



Pileus 4-5 in. across, hemispherical then expanded, pale 

 dull ochraceous, densely covered with small brown silky 

 scales that become larger towards the margin ; flesh thick, 

 white, imchangeable ; gills very distant from the stem, 

 crowded, about \ in. broad, pink then pale purple-brown, 

 margin entire; stem 5-6 in. long, 1 in. thick, equal, mar- 

 ginately bulbous at the base, distinctly hollow, bulb solid ; 

 ring large, spreading, below the ring and down to the 

 margin of the bulb covered with large, white scales that 

 point upwards, above the ring white and smooth ; spores 

 obliquely elliptical, purple-brown, smooth, 6 x 4 /i, ; cystidia 

 absent. 



In a pine-wood, Carlisle, Oct., 1886 (Dr. Carlyle). 



