170 



AGARICINI. 



Gen. 3. 



w.Ci.s -v . 



Fig. 40. 



BOLBITIUS, Fr. Epicr. p. 253. 



Spores coloured ; pileus yellow, Le- 

 coming moist ; stem hollow, confluent 

 with the hymenophore ; gills becom- 

 ing moist, but not deliquescent, at 

 length losing their colour and becom- 

 ing powdery. 



Hab. Dung or rank earth near to 



towns. {Fig 40.) 



A very natural but small genus, inter- 

 mediate between Agarkus and Coprinus on 

 one side, and Cojrrinus and Cortinariv.s on the 

 other ; it resembles Coprinvs in its mode of 

 growth, and ephemeral existence. The species 

 have no known use. — W. G. S. 



481. Bolbitius Boltoni. Fr. "Bolton's Bolbitius." 



Pileus somewhat fleshy, viscid, at first smooth, then the mem- 

 branaceous margin is sulcate ; disc darker, subdepressed ; stem 

 attenuated, yellowish, ring fugacious, at first flocculose ; gills 

 Bub-adnate, livid yellow, then brown. — Fr. Epicr. p. 254. Bolt. 

 ^ 149. Ag.Boltonii. Eng. FL\.p.lll . 



On dung. June — Sept. 



Pileus at first conical, 2 in. broad, yellow, turning pale j stem 3 in. high. 

 Spores brownish. 



482. Bolbitius fragilis. Fr. " Fragile Bolbitius." 



Pileus sub-membranaceous, viscid, pellucid, margin striate, 

 disc sub-umbonate ; stem attenuated, naked, smooth, yellow; 

 gills attenuated, adnexed, yellowish, then pale cinnamon. — Fr. 

 Epicr. p. 254. Bolt. t. 65. Sow. t. 96. 



On dimg. Common. 



Pileus yellow, then whitish, more delicate and fragile than B. Boltoni. 

 Spores rusty brown. Stem 3 in. Icng. 

 Ag. ■vitellin'iis . Eng. Fl. v. p. 311, is probably this species. 



(fig. 40.; 



483. Bolbitius titubans. Fr. " Wavering Bolbitius." 



Pileus membranaceous, expanded, pellucid, discoid, striate to 

 the middle; stem slender, straight, shining, yellowish; gills 

 slightlv adnexed, pallid, then fleshy-brown (salmon coloured. 

 B.)— Fr.£>/cr.^.254. Bull.t.A2b,f.l. Sow.t.US. Evg.Fl. 

 y.p. 117. 



