Agaricus.] FUNGI. 115 



nate, with minute papillae between the sori. Stem 2^ inches high, 

 1 line thick, filiform, thickest at the base, beautifully but very minutely 

 satiny, not pulverulent, very brittle. 



304. A. atomdtiis, Fr. (spangled Agaric) ; pileus subinem- 

 branaceous obtuse dirty-wliite tinged with rose-colour sparkling 

 with innate atoms, gills adnate, stem squamulose. Fr, SysL 

 Myc. V. 1. p. 298. 



Amongst grass, road-sides, &c. Aug. — Sept. Probably not uncom- 

 mon. Margate. Cottcrstock, Norths. Ihv. M. J. Bcrkelei/.—P ileus 

 H inch broad, at first obtusely conic, then subhemispha?rical, at length 

 piano-expanded with a fine evanescent arachnoid veil, ochraceous 

 inclining to pale rufous ; at length cream-coloured or nearly white, 

 sometimes purplish or rose-coloured. Occasionally the pileus is 

 umbonate, and this state seems to have the greatest tendency to 

 assume a purplish tinge. Gills broad, ventricosc, rather distant, at 

 first pale ochraceous, then brown-purple (cinereous-black, Fr.). Stem 

 2 — 3 inches high, 1 — 2 lines thick, somewhat rooting, fistulose, brittle, 

 striate above and slightly pulverulent, the base thickest and more or 

 less cottony, never quite smooth ; sometimes fibrilloso-squamulose. — 

 Two forms occur of the species described above ; the one distinctly 

 covered with sparkling atoms, with always a rosy tint and squamulose 

 stem ; the other less distinctly atomate, not so constantly rosy and the 

 stem, though never quite smooth, not scaly. There is not the least 

 difference in the gills. 



305. A. corrugis, Pers. (ivriaikled Agaric) ; pileus submem- 

 branaceous campanulate umbonate rose-coloured, gills adnate 

 violet-black, stem smooth. Pers. Sgn. p, 424. Fr. Syst. Myc. 

 V. 1. ;j. 298 — A. corriigattis, With. v. 4. p. 251. Purt. 3ISS. 

 — A. carbonarius, var. Batsch, Cont. \. f. 91. — A. limhatus, 

 Holrnsk. v. 2. t. 32. 



Gardens, woods and shady places. Packington Park. Mr. Stock- 

 house. Nov. Purton. — " Pileus 1 inch or more broad, turning pale, 

 when dry corrugated. Gills broad. Stem 2—4 inches high,' 1—2 

 lines thick, smooth ; hairy at the base." Fr. 1. c. 



306. A. gracilis, Pers. (rose-edged Agaric) ; pilous submem- 

 branaceous campanulate obtuse, gills very broad behind cine- 

 reous-black, the margin rose-coloured, stem slender suiootli. 

 Pers. Syyi. ;?. 425. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 1. p. 299. — A. Tcnta- 

 culnm, Soio. t. 385./. 1. 



Ditches, woods, gardens, Sec, amongst sticks and leaves. Autunu). 

 Not uncotmnon. — Pihua ;,' — 1 inch broad, can)i)anulate, obtuse or 

 conico-campanulatc, submenibranaccons, sometimes umbonate, in which 

 case the centre is Heshy. Gills broatl, cinereous, clouded, adnate with 

 or without a tooth, ventricosc or horizontal. SpuruUs (juaternate. 

 Stem U— 2^ inches high, scarce 1 line thick, slender, smooth, downy 

 at the base ; occasionally short and thicker. — Easily known by the 

 rose-coloured margin of the gills. The original specimen of Sowcrby's 

 A. Tcntaculum aj)pears to belong to the present species. 



Subgenus .'M. C«»im{|\.mui > ; (fnun xorr^n;, dung.) I'cii 



