the ftipes, were plainly the efFedts of the fituation ; but 

 a more curious circumftance is, that the confined place 

 of growth feemed to prevent the pollen or white dull 

 from fpreading, fo that it lay on the upper half of the 

 ftipes like white-wafh; which gave the plant quite a 

 new afpecft. I went to Kenfington Gardens the fame 

 day, and found fpecimens of aim oft all the various 

 appearances growing about one old ftump. Thofe 

 fituated underneath the others raoft nearly refembled 

 thefe. I have more than once found the ftipes 

 branching. 



TAB. CCLXIV. 



AGARICUS ^RUGiNosus. Curt. F.L.fafc. 5. t. 70. 

 With. ed. 3. 259. 



CJfTEN very beautifully varied in its colours, but 

 eafily to be diftinguiflied by the general habit, except 

 a fafciculated variety from which the upper fpecimen 

 in the plate was taken, and which is moftly deftitute of 

 an annulus. 



TAB. CCLXV. 



BOLETUS LUTEUs. Linn. Schaff. 114. 



■ ANNULARIUS. BulL 332. 



JL HIS is fo variable a plant under different circum- 

 ftances, that its varieties might very eafily be fuppofed 

 to conftitute different fpecies. Certainly that here re- 

 prefented is the fame with ^.JJavus of With. 320. It 

 is fometimes quite yellow all over, at others fo full 

 of fine brown powder and fo covered with gluten, as to 

 give it another appearance. The pores are fometimes 

 decurrent. The annulus is conftantly prefent, and is 

 often very large. I know no other Englifh fpecies 

 with an annulus. 



