Ayaricus. 



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and sinuate, broad, not forked. Stem obsolete. Smell very strong 

 and overpowering, somewhat resembling i\\-d.t o^ Mentha arvcnsis. — I 

 liave not the least doubt that this fungus, though not quite so dark or 

 fleshy, is the true A. vulpiims of Sowerby. Fries (who pronounces it in 

 his Ltd. Alph. to be A. nidalans, Pers.) places it in the tribe CrejndotKs. 

 The sporules, however, are white and so copious that the pileus is quite 

 hoary with them, an appearance which is represented in Sowcrby's 

 figure. There is the strongest afiinity between this species and A. 

 coclileatus ; the smell though somewhat similar, has a mouldy odour 

 in addition, uhich makes it disagreeable. 



*** Veil nojie. Pileus carnose, horizontal when young. Gills 

 72 ot truly decurrent. 



J92. A. idmdrius, Bull, {elm Agaric); pileus compact smooth 

 pallid, gills emarginate white, stem stout ascending subtomeii- 

 tose. Bull. t. 510. Sow. t. G7. Pers. Syyi. p. 473. 3Ii/c. 

 Eur, V. 3. p. 48. Purt. v. 3. n. 1445. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 1. p. 

 18G. Grev. Fl. Ed. p. Sd5. 



Trunks of trees, especially elm. Sept.— Dec. Rare. Carlowric, 

 near Edinburgh. Greville.—'' Pileus 3—12 inches broad, obtuse, 

 smooth, subco'riaceous, but within very white, soft yet compact, thick, 

 sometimes marbled with livid spots. Gills numerous, broad, white, 

 adnate or subdecurrent, irregular. Stem exccntric, ascending, '2—3 

 inches long, about 1 inch thick, solid, firm, incrassated at the base, 

 white, sometimes furfnraccous, single or in tufts, varying a good deal in 

 its texture." Grev. L c. 



193. A.palmdtus, Bull, (excentric gelatinous Agaric) ; pileus 

 smooth reddish, epidermis wrinkled and gelatinous, gills adnate 

 of the same colour, stem excentric smooth wliite. Bull. t. 21G. 

 Soiv. t. 02. With. V. 4. j), 266. Pers. Syn. p. 474. Purt. v. 

 2 S^ 3. n. 973. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 1. p. 187.—^. fa:tiduSy 

 With. V. 4. p. 268. 



Trunks of trees, s(juared Limber, c^c. Oct. — Nov. Not uncommon. 

 Pophills. Mr. Ruyhrd. Oversley. Piirton. Margate. Jhr. 3L J. 

 Berkeley. — Pdeus' 2 — 4 inches broad, excentric, at first convex, the 

 margin involute, then more expanded. Ejddcrmis thick, tough, elastic, 

 gluey but not moist, so that several individuals are frojucntly 'AucA 

 together, not easily separable from the flcbh, dibtilling dro[)s of a limpid 

 rcddi.^h iluid with "a hot and astringent styptic taste, tiic margin beauti- 

 fully reticidatcd like the llymcniuni of a Mcrulius, of a beautiful pale 

 oraiige-bufl" or nankin colour, pruinosc, very fleshy, the flesh motllcil 

 somewhat like that of /■isffdi/ift h< patten, (itlls jjaler, rounded behind, 

 connected by veins, free, joined together at the base by an obsolete 

 collar so as not to touch the stem. Stem 1—2 inches high, \ an inch 

 thick, oblique, thickest below, smooth, whitish, of a fibrous structure, 

 sometimes a little iiollow. In old specimens the veins on the |)ilens 

 are occasionally obsolete in consc(jnencc of the stretching of the epi<ler- 

 n»is. A most beautifid and distinct species. 



194. A. stfipticus, Bull, {styptic Agaric-); pileus bi'tweeu 

 coriaceous and llesiiy kidiiey-sliaped, epidermis furf'uraeeous, 

 gills conueeted by veins, stem lateral ]>ruino>e. Ball. t. 140. 



