26 OERSTED^ ON THE AGARICINI. 



the dense filamentous tissue which forms the first rudiments 

 of the receptacle, without fas it appears) their undergoing 

 any transformation. 



6. The stem is that part of the receptacle which is first 

 produced, afterwards the pileus. This is at first regular, 

 horizontal, and attached to the stem by the middle of the 

 under surface, afterwards it becomes oblique, vertical, and 

 attached to the stem in the neighbourhood of the margin. 



