90 ^ FUNGI. [Agaricus. 



forming a ring which is sometimes memhranaceous, sometimes 

 radiato-floccose. Stem more or less scaly. Pileus co?ivcx at 

 le7igth 7nore or less plane, not umbilicate. Gills unequal, juiceless, 

 changing colour, Sporules ferruginous or fulvo ferruginous, 



241. A. aureus, Bull, {goldeji Agaric) ; tawny, pileus fleshy, 

 scales few pilose, gills adnexed, stem stuffed, ring small. Bull. 

 t 92. Sow. t. 11, With. V. 4. p. 158. Pers. Sijii, p. 269. 

 Purt. V. 3. 71. 1442. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. I. p. 241. 



On stumps of fir, hawthorn, alder, &c. Sept. — Oct. Common. — 

 Gregarious, tufted. Pileus 4 inches or more broad, convexo-expanded, 

 rich tawny with broad adpressed silky scales in the centre, which 

 towards the margin become mere streaks, fleshy ; Jtesh pale yellow\ 

 Gills at length tavvny-ferrnginous from the sporules, adnexed, rounded 

 behind or decurrent in the same group. Sporules elliptic, tawny- 

 ferruginous. Stem 4 inches high, 1 inch or more thick, solid, tough 

 and sponsy, the centre a little looser, thickened downwards and 

 bulbous, furnished with a small deflexed, rather thick ring near the 

 top, which is densely powdered with the sporules ; under the gills 

 n)inutely squamulose, below fibrillose, the fibrillae close, paler than the 

 pileus, rhubarb-coloured within. Root consisting of a few downy 

 fibres. Taste bitter. — Sometimes the pileus is dull, the scales not 

 adpressed ; the stem fibrilloso-squamulose below, pulverulent above the 

 ring ; and upon the same stump, specimens occur with a shining pileus 

 clothed with adpressed scales. 



242. A. caperdtus, Pers. (turi7iMed Agaric) ; pileus lacunose 

 lemon-coloured, disk uniform sprinkled with whitish down 

 squamulose towards the margin, stem solid white squamulose 

 above the reflexed ring. Pers. Sy7i. p. 273. Fl. Dan. t. 1675. 

 Fr, Syst. Myc. v. I. p. 241. — b. pale. A. pudicus, Bull. t. 597. 



h. On an Elder stump near the barracks, Canterbury. At the foot of 

 an ash. Nassington, Norths. Aug.— Oct.— PZ/e'/s 3 inches or more 

 broad, quite smooth ; margin pitted, white with a slight tinge of umber, 

 fleshy, especially in the centre, firm and tough. Gills broad, slightly 

 rounded behind, adnate, dirty-white clouded with the sporules. Sporules 

 oval, dirty-ferruginous. King persistent, deflexed, membranous. Stem 

 white, fibrillose, subhorizontal,the fibrillce sometimes assuming the form 

 of fibrous squamulae, tough, equal, brown within towards the base, solid. 

 Taste pleasant. My specimens are quite smooth, like those described 

 by Persoon. 



243. A. radicosus, Bull, (rooting slimy Agaric); pileus 

 carnose smooth pallid, stem solid clothed with transverse scales, 

 incrassated and rooting at the base. Bull. t. 160. Pers. Syn, 

 p. 266. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. \.p. 242. 



Woods. Aug. — Oct. Probably not uncommon. Lytchett, Dors. 

 Fineshade, King's Cliffe, Norths.— Tufted. Pileus convex, 3 inches 

 or more broad, fleshy, the whole covered at first with a slimy web 

 which leaves behind broad adpressed scales on the stem and pileus ; 

 besides these there are many fine close silky scales, pallid-ochre, 

 margin downy involute. Gills incarnato-ferruginous, pale, adnate. 



