Agaricus.] FUNGI. 89 



pale, gills close cinnamon, stem stufFed white attenuated 

 upwards. Schccff. L%\. Pers. S7/71. p. 299, Fr. Syst. Mrjc, 

 V. 1. yj. 234. — A. /lelvohis, Bull. t. 531. — b. pileus bay, ferru- 

 ginous, &c A. castaneusy Bolt. t. 10. 



Woods. July — Nov. Ovcnden near Halifax. Bolton. — " Pileus 

 2 — 4 inches broad, campanulate soon convex, expanded, sometimes 

 acutely umbonate, margin thin, patent, moist, not viscid ; when dry 

 tan, inclining to light red. Gills distinct, 2 — 3 lines broad, when 

 young watery-cinnamon. Stem 2 — 3 inches high, 2 lines — 2 inches 

 thick, rather soft, sometimes violet above, conic or subequal ; veil 

 rather woven." Fr. I. c. 



239. A. casfchiCKS, Bull, (cliestmit Agaric) ; pileus subcar- 

 nose convex at lengtli obtusely umboiuite ciiestnut or dirty- 

 violet, gills fixed close at first violet or purplish-umber, tlien 

 reddish, stem short firm. Bull. t. 268. 527. / 2. Pers. Sijn. 

 p. 298. Ft. Sgst, Myc. v. 1. p. 235. Borjues, Hist, des Champ. 

 J). 118. — A. kffcopcsus, Hohiish. v. 2. t, 37. 



AVoods. July — Nov. Probably not unconnnon. Canterbury. 

 Rev. M. J. Bcrhch'!/. — Gregarious. Pileus 1 inch or more broad, 

 subcarnosc, at first obtuse with a delicate fibrillose veil which makes 

 the margin appear silvery, dark-bay or dirty-violet, sometimes with a 

 tawny tint, soon expanded, broadly nnibonate ; umbo more or less 

 obtuse. Gills of the colour of the pileus, or purplish-umber, at length 

 subferruginous, ventricose, adnate. Stem 11- inch high, 2 lines thick, 

 beautifully fibrillose and white from the Veil beneath, much paler than 

 the [)ileus, but with more or less of the same tint, sometimes tinged 

 with violet. Odour none ; taste like that of A. oreadcs. Eatable. 

 AVhcn growing on wood it is conical and more tawny. 



*** Gills free. 



240. A. livido-ochrdcettSy Berk. (Jivid-ochraccous Agaric) ; 

 pileus quite smooth livid-ochraceous, gills free, stem attenuated 

 downwards hollow stufi'ed with cottony fibres. 



On the ground in a wood thinly covered with leaves. Aug. King's 

 (liffe, Norths. Rrv. M. ./. Birhclnj. — Pilctts I inch broad, (piitc 

 smooth, shining, covered with a thick subcartilaginous skin, the margin 

 very thin l)ut not striate, plane, livid-ochraceous ; eilgc with a iew 

 indistinct fragments of the veil, (ulls cinnamon, the extreme margin 

 pale, moderately distant, broad in front, appearing as if adncxcd, but the 

 tooth does not properly belong to the gills, but to the stem, and is a sn)all 

 |)latc inserted between the two lamina- of the gills. Sjiorulrs elliptic. 

 Stem I inc h higli, ;^ thick in the middle where it is swollen, attenuated 

 below, silky, ol" a Ijcautifid violet, ochraceous at the base; subs(|uamose, 

 the portion above the obsolete ring striate, stulfcd with cottony fibres. 

 Inodorous ; /(isfc like that of J. nnnjxstris. 



Skrifs I^^ Dkiimints; (from oi-jici, slin or incmhrane.) 

 Veil not arachnoid. Sporulcs ferruginous. 



Subgenus 20. Piioi^io ia ; (from ^o^.i:^ a scale.) J\il dry, 



