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AGAEICINI, 



Hab. On the ground, mostly in rich grassy places, and more 

 often in fields than woods. — {PL II., Jig. 2^ Ag. procerus.') 



Several species as A. clypeolarius, Bull, A. cepcestipes, Sow., and A. cristatus, 

 Fr., appear in hothouses all the year round. Lepiota is readily recognised 

 by its/Vee^iY^.?, annulated stem without a volva, aud generally scaly pileus. 

 Usually autumnal and edible. — W. G. S. 



Sect. 1. Proceri. — ring moveable. 



16. Agaricus (Lepiota) procerus. Scop. " Parasol 



Mushroom." 



Pileus fleshy, soft, at first ovate, then expanded and umbonate ; 

 cuticle thick, torn up into broad scales ; stem hollow, tall, bulbous, 

 variegated with adpressed scales ; ring moveable ; gills very re- 

 mote. — Fr. Epicr.p. 12. Eng. Fl. v.p. 7. Trans. Woolh. C, 1867. 

 Badh.t.2. Barla.t.S. Schceff.t. 22-23. Fl. Dan. t. 772. Curt. Fl. 

 L.t.69. Vitt.Mang.t.24:. Pricef.74.. Le?iz.f.6-6. Vent. t. 6. 

 Paul. 1. 136. Hogg 4" Johnst.t.S. Cooke, B. F.t.2. Huss.i.t.SS. 

 Smith E. M.f. 14. Kromh. t. 24,/. 1-12. 



Pastures. Common. Esculent. [Pennsylvania.] 



Pileus 3-7 in. broad, at first obtusely conic, at length campanulate, strongly 

 umbonate, fleshy, cuticl velvety, red brown, broken into sub-reflexed scales, 

 the whole resembling brown shaggy leather, margin white, or pinkish, silky, 

 flesh soft, and cottony, except ic the centre, when young. Grills perfectly free, 

 separated by a considerable space from the stem, ventricose, margin ser- 

 rated, pale, pinkish yellow, or white. Stem, 8-12 in. high, | in. thick, atten- 

 uated upwards, sunk deep into the flesh of the pileus, bulbous, scaly, hollow, 

 but stuffed with a cottony web. Ring coriaceous, thick and spongy, convex 

 below, moveable. Taste and smell pleasant. — M..T.B. Spores '0006 X 

 •U003 in.— W .G. S. (PI. ii., fig. 2 and fig. 35.) 



17. Agaricus (Lepiota) rachodes. Vitt. "Large grey 



Lepiota." 



Pileus fleshy, soft, at first globose, then expanded and depres- 

 sed ; cuticle thin, broken into persistent scales, stem hollow, at- 

 tenuated, smooth, immaculate, bulb at first abrupt; ring lacerated, 

 moveable ; gills remote. — Fr. Epicr.p. 13. Berk. Outl.pl. 3,f. 6. 

 Price,/. 104. Russ. ii. t. 58. Fitt. Mang. t. 20. Ann. N.H. no. 257. 

 Gard. Chron., 1861,;;. 599. Kromh. t. 24,/. 15-16. 



In shady pastures. Not common. Esculent. [Carolina, U.S.] 



Flesh mostly red when bruised. Closely allied to A. procerus, from which 

 it is distinguishable by the pileus being more globose when young, by the 

 generally distinctly marginate bulb, and the stem being free, or nearly free, 

 from the spots which give A.procenjsdi snake-like appearance. — Gard. Chron» 

 Spores -00018 X "00025 ui.— W. G.S. 



