148 AGAEICINI. 



416. Agaricus (Psilocybe) eiicaeus. Pcrs. " Heath Psilocybe." 



Pileus fleshy, tough, conical, then convex, at length plane, 

 even, smooth, rather viscid when moist, shining when dry; stem 

 somewhat hollow, elongated, tough, pallid ; gills adnate, broad, 

 plane, pallid, then black. — Pers. Syn. i^.AlZ. Fr. Epicr.p.22d). 

 Berk. Ann. N.H. no. 149. 



In exposed pastures, after rain. July — Oct. 



Stem firm, 3-4 in. long, yellowish, or pallid. Pileus scarcely umbonate, 

 1 in. and more across. Gills rather distant, margin becoming whitish. — 

 Fries. 



Omitted from Berkeley's " Outlines" by oversight. 



417. Agaricus (Psilocyte) semilanceatus. Fr. "Liberty- 



cap Psilocybe." 



Pileus submembranaceous, acutely conical, almost cuspidate, 

 moist, viscid, slightly striate ; stem medullate, tough, flexuose, 

 smooth, pallid; gills adnexed, ascending, purple-black. — Fr, 

 Epicr. p. 231. Sow. t. 240,/. 1-3. A. callosus. Eng. Fl. v.|;. 111. 



In rich pastures. Common. Poisonous. 



Pileus § in. broad, 3 high, conico-campanulate, apiculato-umbonate, 

 viscid when raoist, shining when dry, pale ochraceons, the margin darker 

 from its transparency, flesh thick in the centre ; gills ventricose, adnate, 

 chocolate-coloured J extreme margin white. Stem 4 in. high, slender, flexuous, 

 nearly equal, thickened at the very base, subrufescent, fibrillose below, pul- 

 verulentrcsquamuLse above, fistulnse. base sometimes clothed with blue 

 down.— J/./. ^. Spores -OUUS X '0003 in. 



B. Fragiles. 



418. Agaricus (Psilocyte) spadiceus. Scliaff. "Bay 



Psilocybe." 



Rigid ; pileus fleshy, convcxo-plane, obtuse, even, moist, hygro- 

 phaiious; stem hollow, tough, pallid, apex even; gills rounded 

 behind, adnexed, drv, crowded, whitish, then rosy-brown.— i^r. 

 Epicr.p.n^j. ScJii'ff.t.G0,f.4:,6. Buxb. iY.t.2d,f.2,var. A. 

 stipalus. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 1\2>^ partly. 



On dead stumps, ground, &c., in woods. Common. 



Snbc^spitose. Usually of a bright bay-brown, paler when dry. Stem 

 3-4 in. long, whitish. Pileus 3-4 in. broad, even, smooth. Spores '0003 X 

 •0002 in. [P;. r.,/. 30.] 



419. Agaricus (Psilocyte) ceruuus. Miill. " Nodding 



Psilocybe." 



Pileus somewhat fleshy, campanulate, convex, then expanded, 

 gmooth, hygrophanous, wrinkled when dry; stem fistulose, flexuose, 



