TAB. CCLXXXIV. 



AGARICUS FLOccosus. Curt.Fl. Lond. With. v. 4. 266. 

 Scbcrff. 61. 



SQUAMOSUS. Bull. 266. 



1 T is plain Dr. Withering, as he himfelf fays, never 

 faw this plant in any perfection ; for though Schseffer's 

 figures are very good, yet Curtis's fliows the molt gene- 

 ral appearance of the plant. Withering feems to have 

 had a rough fpecimen of A. Stipitis before him, with 

 a bad one of A. Jloccofus. The gills of this agaric are 

 rounded from the flem, more or lefs brown ; thofe of 

 A. Stipitis lE. Fungi tab. loi) generally adhere to the 

 Item, or are fixed, (as Dr. Withering terms it) and are 

 fometimes a little decurrent. The bafe of the ftem is 

 occafionally a little bulbous, hard, and blackifli. 



TAB. CCLXXXV. 



AGARICUS FAscicuLARis. With. vol. 4. 268. 





J. HIS plant^ when in perfection, may be readily 

 known by its green gills, in which confifts its moft dif- 

 tinguifliing character. It is very common on flumps 

 of trees, bottoms of gate-pofls, &c. ; and occafionally 

 varies fo much as to lofe even the above character, as 

 well as the pretty fox-coloured tint of the pileus ; 

 efpecially in rainy weather, w^hen the whole plant 

 afTumes a dullifh brown. If not too much foaked, 

 it may however regain its original tints, particularly 

 that of the pileus. It is pleafant to fee the colour re- 

 turn again, either from the middle or the edge of the 

 pileus. I have known an experienced botaniil to bring 

 this plant home in a inoifl Itate, and fcarcely know it 

 again when dry. It is feldom deflitute of its finely 

 filamentous annulus, or curtain. 



