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AGAEICINI. 



Sect. 1. Pluteotropi — viscid. 



373. Agaricus (Galera) reticulatus. P. " Reticulated Galera. " 



Pileus slightly fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, rugoso- 

 reticulate, viscid ; margin striate ; stem fragile, fibrillose, white ; 

 gills free, ventricose, crowded, saffron yellow, to ferruginous. — 

 Fr. Epicr.p. 203. Pers. Ic. ^ Desc. t. 4./. 4-6. Berk. Outl. t. 9,/. 

 5. Ann. N.H. no. 70. 



On dead wood. Rare. 



In the young state the pileus is of a delicate bistre, and it is only in age 

 that it assumes aviolot tinge, apparently from the colour of the spores being 

 partly seen through the flesh. — M.J.B. Stem 2 in. long, white, slightly 

 mealy above. Pileus 2 in. broad, at first viscid, and reticulated with anasto- 

 mosing veins, becoming smooth with age. 



374. Agaxicus (Galera) aleuriatus. Fr. " Striate Galera." 



Pileus submembranaceous, conico-convex, then plane, viscid, 

 not wrinkled, striate ; stem slender, pulverulent, rather incurved, 

 white ; gills free, ventricose, ochraceous saffron-colour. — Fr. 

 Epicr.p. 20.3. B. Sf Br. Ann. N.H. (1866), no. 1123. 



On rotten sticks. Oct. Coed Coch. 



An extremely pretty species. Smaller and more delicate than A. retku- 

 latus. Pileus blue-grey, pallid, or roseate ; spores pale saffron yellow. Stem 

 about 1 in. long. Pileus about 1 in. broad, striate, but not rugose. 



Sect. 2. Polytropi. 



375. Agaricus (Galera) ovalis. Fr. " Oval Galera." 



Pileus submembranaceous, oval, or campanulate, even, hygro- 

 phanous ; stem straight, equal, slightly striate, nearly of the 

 same colour ; gills almost free, ventricose, very broad, ferrugi- 

 nous. — Berk. Outl. p. 163. Bull. t. 552. /.I. A. campanulatus. 

 Fr. Epicr.p. 205. 



On dung. Rare. 



Pileus dusky-ferruginous, larger than A. tener. Gills at length somewhat 

 liquescent. Stem about 3 in. long, straight, of the same colour as the 

 pileus. Pileus about 1 in. high and broad, ferruginous when moist, yel- 

 lowish when dry. 



Sect. 3. Teneri — slender. 



376. Agaricus (Galera) lateritius. Fr. " Brick-red Galera." 



Pileus submembranaceous, acorn-shaped, then conical, even, 

 hygrophanous ; stem tall, fragile, straight, attenuated upwards. 



