88 AGAEICINI. 



241. Agaricus (Pluteus) umbrosus. Pers. " Brown Pluteus." 



Pileus fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, lacunose, rugose, 

 at first yillous ; margin ciliate or fimbriate ; stem solid, yilloso- 

 squamulose ; gills free (sub-fuliginoiis), margin fimbriate. — Fr. 

 Epicr.x>. 1-iO. Pers. Ic. §- Desc. t. 2, /. 5-6. A. umhrinus. Berk. 

 Outl.p. 141. 



On dead trunks. 



Blackisli umber. Pilens 3 in. broad. 



Sect. 2, Pileus pruinate, sub-pulverulent. 



242. Agaricus (Pluteus) nanus. P. " Mealy Pluteus." 



Pileus somewhat fleshy, convexo-plane, rugulose, obtuse, 

 sprinkled with dingy meal ; stem solid, rigid, short, striate, 

 white ; gills free, white, then flesh-coloured. — Fr. Epicr. p. 141. 

 Ann. N.H. no. 676. Bull. t. 547,/. 3. 



On fallen sticks. Aug. [S. Carolina.] 



Pileus umber, about lin. broad. Stem lin. long, 1-2 lin. thick. Spores irre- 

 gular hexagons, &c.. very pale rose, average diameter about "00023 in. 



Sect. 3. Pileus naked, smooth. 



243. Agaricus (Pluteus) petasatus. Fr. "Broad-capped 



Pluteus." 



Pileus fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, umbonate, very 

 smooth, with a viscid cuticle, membranaceous to the middle, and 

 at length striate ; stem solid, tall, rigid, fibrilloso-striate, atten- 

 uated equally from the base; gills free, very broad, much crowded, 

 drying up, white, then reddish. — Fr Epicr. p. 142. Ann. Nat. 

 Hist., xiii., t. 9,/. 2, no. 271,. Gonn. ^- Rahh. iv. t. 4. 



On sawdust. Jan. Hitchin. 



Stem 6 in. long, firm, pallid, at length tawny. Pileus 5-6 in., with a separ- 

 able cuticle, pale cinereous, rather bright brown, &c. 



244. Agazicus (Pluteus) leoninus. Scli<p.ff. "Yellow Pluteus." 



Pileus sub-membranaceous, campanulate, then expanded, 

 smooth, naked ; margin striate ; stem solid, smooth, striate ; gills 

 free, yellowish, then flesh-coloured. — Fr. Epicr. p. 142. Schoeff. 

 f. 48. BerJc.Outl.t.7,f.4:. Pers.Ic. ^ Des.t.l,f.S-4:. Eng.Fl. 

 \.p.78. 



On wood. Sept. Oct. [S. Carolina.] 



