texture no doubt fuggefted the name. It is always 

 hard in the dry ftate, yet altogether very tender when 

 frefli. A.fquamofus^ Schaeff. 29. and 39. which I have re- 

 ceived from Dr. Smith and Mr. Crowe, are doubtlefs 

 varieties of this fpecies. The gills when produced 

 are occafionally notched, but not always. It is often 

 black ilh, or brown, at the bafe. 



TAB. CCCLXXXIII. 



AGARICUS LYCOPERDONOIDES. BulL 466. With. 

 Jig. 228. ed. 3. vol. 4- 



1 HAVE no doubt of this being an Agaric, according 

 to Bulliard -. I however have not been fo fortunate as 

 to find it in the perfe6l flate. I found it on the black 

 remains of J. elephantinus in Fcckham Wood in No- 

 vember a few years fince. The lamellae, according 

 to BuUiard's figure, are thick and fhort. 



TAB. CCCLXXXIV. 



Fig. I. AGARICUS araneosus, var. 0/222)' 



2. ULMARius, var. 67. 



3. VELUTiPEs, var. 263. 



AgARICUS araneofus fometimes varies fo extremely 

 that it is difficult to recognife the fpecies. The fpe- 

 cimen as here figured may be known beft by the webby 

 films about it : the elongation of the ftipes and the 

 fmallnefs of the pileus are a great difguife to it. 



A. uhnarius. This imperfedt ftate of this fpecies has 

 given rife to the idea of a new fpecies ; I therefore 

 figure it here, to fliow howeafily we may be deceived 

 in this divifion of Fungi. 



J. velutipes. The fpecimen figured in plate 263 being 

 more curious than common, I could not avoid giving a 

 figure of it. It became therefore neceffary to give the 

 more common appearance of it here, as found on wil- 

 low trunks, its ufual habitat. In moderate feafons it 

 often grows much larger, with fimilar characters. 



» The lamellas however are Taid to confiitute it aMeruliusof fome authors, 

 as they are not very prominent. 



