86 FUNGI. [Agarkus. 



229. A, anomalus, Fr. (variable violet Agaric) ; pileus carnose 

 obtuse nearly smooth, gills close at first bluish-purple, stem 

 slender squamulose thickened at the base. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 

 I. p. 220— A araneosus, Bull t. 431./. 4, 5.^. 544./. 1. With. 



V, 4. p. 187. Furt. v. 2 S^ 3. n. 926. 



Woods. Aug.— Oct. Probably not uncommon. Beech-woods, 

 at King's Cliffe, Norths., very abundant. Rev. 31. J. Berkeley. — 

 " Pileus 1 — 2 inches broad, very obtuse, sometimes broadly but very 

 flatly umbonate, tinged at first with violet, minutely silky so as to 

 present a white satiny appearance, gradually changing to ochraceous 

 or slightly tawny; flesh thick, except at the extreme margin, which has 

 often traces of the arachnoid veil dusted with the sporules. Gills 

 close, rounded behind, at first violet, at length pale ferruginous. Stem 

 2i inches high, f of an inch thick, in the middle subbulbous, more or 

 less tinged with violet, soUd, fibrillose with more or less distinct trans- 

 verse closely-pressed brownish scales, which originate in the veil : the 

 top is adorned with the descending fibres of the veil, which form a 

 spurious ring dusted with the sporules, and beneath this there is 

 sometimes another red circle which is the true ring. — The above 

 description belongs to var. y tahiilaris of Fries, {A. araneosus, Bull. 

 t. 431. /. 5,) and of this variety there are many aspects. As I have 

 not found all the different states described by Fries, and it being im- 

 possible to refer the synonyms of Withering and Purton accurately to 

 them, I have given the specific character of Fries under a slightly 

 altered form, and have referred all Bulliard's figures to it. 



** Pileus smooth, viscid whoi moist. 



230. A. scaurus, Fr. (olive-gilled Agaric); pileus equal 

 viscid, gills close olive shaded with purple, stem attenuated 

 bulbous. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 1. p. 223. — A. fidvo-fuligineus, 

 Sf subsimilis, Pers. Syn. p. 284. — A. orichalcetis, Batsch, Cont. 

 2./. 184.—^. defossus, Batsch, Cont. 1./. 73. — A. glaucopus, 

 var. b. With. v. 4. p. 191. (excl. syn. Schceff.) 



Woods. June — Oct. Packington Park, Warw. Withering. — 

 Glasgow, Klotszch, in Hooli. Herb. — " Soft, insipid. Pileus 2 — 3 

 inches broad, sometimes depressed. G///^ rather thin, at length cinna- 

 mon. Stem about 3 inches high, fibrillose, sometimes marginato- 

 bulbous, sometimes when growing amongst moss nearly equal." Fr. I.e. 



231. A. callochroiis, Fers. (violet-gilled Agaric) ; pileus equal 

 even viscid, gills close violet-purple, stem bulbous at first 

 violet then dirty-white. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. I. p. 224. — a. flesh 

 when broken and the rather slender stem purplish-violet. — A, 

 suhpurpurascens, Batsch, Cont. 1./. 74. With. v. 4. p. 190. — b. 

 flesh and stem dirty-white. — A. callochroiis 8^ decolorans, Pers* 

 Syn. p. 282, 283. 



Woods and pastures. Aug. — Oct. a. Edgebaston. Withering. — 

 Helensburgh, Klotzsch, in Hook. Herb. — b. Collyweston, Norths. 

 Pev. M. J. JBerhelcy. — Pileus 3 — 4 inches broad, truly carnose, viscid 

 when moist, nearly smooth with a satiny lustre, olivaceous-tawny when 

 young, tawny when full-grown ; flesh tinged with yellow, and when 



