Agaricus.] fungi. 87 



young, very dilute violet. Vci'l arachnoid, the threads arising partly 

 from the apex, partly iVom the middle of the stem. GUIs close, thin, 

 emarginate, serrulate, at first bright violet, then ferruginous with a 

 dilute violet tinge; not at all olivaceous. Sporuks elliptic. Stem 

 1 — 3 inches high, 1 inch thick, fibrillose, the fibriilae above copious 

 and densely dusted with the sporules, bulbous, violet towards the gills, 

 the rest whitish, when young very shaggy at the base. — The plant 

 described above seems to be the vnr. b. of Fries. The taste is 

 astringent and the odour nauseous like that of ^. rar/icosus, whereas 

 Fries describes his species as inodorous and insipid. The bright violet 

 of the gills is not very persistent, but this may be owing to the dryness 

 of the summer in which it occurred. 



232. A. fflducopus, Schceff. (hi ue- stemmed Agaric) ; compact, 

 pilcus subolivaceous Avitli a sooty tinge viscid wlien young at 

 lengtli undulated irregular, gills bluish-clay colour, stem thick 

 blue. Schceff. t. 53. With. v. 4. ji. 190. Sow. t. 223. Pers. 

 Syn. p. 282. Fr. Sf/st. 3Jyc. v. 1. p. 225. Grev. Fl. Ed. jy. 

 386.—^. araneosiis, Bull. t. 96. Pitrt. v. 3. p. 204. var. 2. 



Woods. Autumn. Not uncommon. — Tufted, irregular. Whole 

 plant when cut or bruised of a beautiful violet. Pilcus 3 inches broad, 

 at first viscid dirty umber-tawny and brown, then tawny with a very 

 faint tinge of purple, expanded, shining, minutely fibrillose, the fibrillac 

 quite ad[)ressed. GUIs very broad, at first violet then cinnamon, 

 emarginate, distant. Stem \h inch high, -\ — 1 inch thick, composed of 

 fibres, bulbous, at first tinged with violet, nearly smooth except towards 

 the bulb where are a few fibrilke dusted with the sporules. 



233. A. vdrins, Scho?ff. (variable hdhons-stemmed Agctric) ; 

 firm, pileus dull-yellow subsquamose viscid when moist, gills 

 close serrated whitish tinged with blue, stem attenuate white. 

 Schceff. t. 42. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 1 . p. 225.— A. turbinatus, 

 Sou\ t. 102— A. pachypiis, Ilolmsh. v. 2. t. 39. 



Woods. Sept. — Nov. Nork Park, , Surrey. Sourrhi/. — Taste 

 and smell, according to Sowerby, unpleasant, causing a bitterness in 

 the throat. " Very variable in size, but nearly constant in colour. 

 Differs from the two last in never Iiaving a blue tint on the stem. 

 Gd/s when young, pale, (piu-plish, the margin yellow, »SV7/rr//:) at lengtii 

 dilute, of a clay cohjur inclining to cinnamon. Stem short or elongated, 

 niarginato-bulbous or nearly equal, even or scaly." Fr. I. r. 



Subgenus 19. Dermocyme ; ( from orf/xa, shin or 7iicmbran€j 

 and y.'jo/,i a head.) Veil dry, arachnoid, very fitr/acious. Sfnii 

 not truly bulbous fibrillose^ stuffed tchen young. Pileus clothed 

 with JdnillcTy rarely with gluten. Gills njicqualy rather broady close, 



* Pilcus innato-sfjuamulose or fibrillose. Stc?n jmlcr, or of the 

 same colour as the pilcus. 



231. A. snugiiincus, A\'ulf. {blood coloured Agaric); pileus 

 slightly flesiiy subsquamulose dark blood-coloured as well as 

 iiie slender equal st<'m, gills fixed darker. }]'ulf. in Jacc/. 

 Coll. 2. ;;. 107. t. 15./. 3. .SW. /. 43. Pcrs. Syn. p. 2S\), 

 Fr, Syst. Myc. v, \. p. 229.-^1. rubcns, Bolt. i. 3G. 



