Efq. of Bury, and hollow. This fpecies varies in fizc 

 from yth of an inch to an inch or more in height, and 

 is often as much at maturity when of the former fize 

 as of the latter. The gills appear to be ridges of the 

 fame fubftance as the pileus ; hence it has been confi- 

 dered by fome as a Merulius. 



TAB. XCIV. 



AGARICUS ANDROSACEUs. Linn. 



MERULIUS ANDROSACEUS. IVith.'^ed. i;. 4. 148. 



vJfTEN found on oak leaves, &c. The Agaricus 

 Rotula of Scopoli has commonly been confounded 

 with this fpecies. 



TAB. XCV. 



AGARICUS Rotula. Scopoli. 



MERULIUS COLLARIATUS. Pfitb. 3 ed. v. 4. 148. 



Very common on flicks, &c. &:c. I think Scopoli's 

 name expreffive, as the radii or gills terminate in a 

 manner peculiar to this fpecies, forming a jundtion not 

 unaptly refembling the nave of a wheel, the centre 

 receiving the llipes like an axle. I believe no author 

 has mentioned the branching of this plant, which it 

 fometimes does a] moll without end. May not abor- 

 tive branching fpecimens of this agaric have been mif- 

 taken for fomething elfe ? They bear fome analogy 

 to Rhizofnorpba frag His, (fee tab. 100). The ftipes is 

 hollow. 



