72 FUNGI. [Agaricus. 



dry, the plleus becomes pallid or yellowish. Taste and odoio- like tha 

 of A. pcrsonatus, which it resembles somewhat in colour. Siem 

 strigose at the base, according to Fries. 



187. A. salignus, Pers. (ivillow Agaric) ; gregarious, pileus 

 dilated, base depressed substrigose, gills dirty-white somewhat 

 branched, stem tough clothed with white down. Pers. St/n, 

 p, 478. Tratt. Fang. Aiist. f. 4. /. 8. Fr. SysL Myc. v, 1. 

 0). 183. 



On trunks of trees. Oct. — Jan. Dugaldstone, (on Alder.) Klotzschy 

 in Hook. Herb. — " Pileus convex, 4 — 6 inches broad. Ste?n excentric 

 or lateral, sometimes obsolete. Fuliginous, white or ochraceous, 

 according to its stage of growth." Fr. I. c. 



188. A. pefaloides, Bull, (petal-like Agaric) ; ascending, 

 pileus spathulate dirty-white with a fuscous tinge, disk and 

 stem somewhat downy, gills close linear white. Bull. t. 220, 

 557, f, 2. Fr. SgsL Myc. v. 1. p. 183.— (3. spathuldtus, Pers. 

 Syn. p. 479. Myc. Eur. v. 3. p. 32. Purt. v. 3. p. 430.— 

 A. planus, Purt. v. 2. n. 974. 



/3. on the ground amongst grass. Autum.n. Rare. — " Gills whitish, 

 tender, decurrent; stetn'A'At, often channelled, nearly erect j solitary, 

 stem about an inch long, erect." Part. I. c. ^' MSS. 



189. A. porrigens, Pers. (ciscending ear-shaped Agaric) ; 

 white, pileus ascending sessile ear-shaped nearly smooth, gills 

 narrow linear quite entire. Pers, Syn. p. 480. Pers. Myc, 

 Eur. V, 3. ;j>. 21. Fr, Syst. Myc. v, 1. p. 184. 



Old pine trunks. Aug. Inverary. Klotzsch, in Hook. Herb. — 

 " Imbricated, various in size, subflaccid, the base stretching forward, 

 often tomentose, very rarely stipitate. Pileus even, margin thin, 

 inflexed, lobed in large specimens. Gills, when young, vein-like, 

 somewhat divided." Fr. I. c. A very distinct species, allied to A. 

 petaloides. Gills only h a line broad in the Scotch specimens. 



190. A. fiahellifor'inis, Bolt, (fan-shaped Agaric); pileus 

 nearly plane smooth fawn-coloured, margin and gills crenate, 

 stem short or none. Bolt. t. 157. Pers, Syn. p. 479. 3Iyc. 

 Eur. v» 3. ^j>. 23. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 1. p. 185. — A. reniformisj 



With. V. A. p. 267. Purt. v. 2 Ss 3. n. 977. 



Trunks of trees. Fel). Mixenden Mill, near Halifax, Bolton. — 

 Pileus 2 — 3 inches broad. Gills rather broad. 



^ 191. A. vtdpinus, Sow. (fox-coloured Agaric) ; pileus fleshy 

 sessile reddish-buff carnose subspathulate, epidermis thick 

 cartilaginous echinulate. Soiv. t. 361. Fr, Syst. Myc. v. 1. 

 p. 273. 



On rotten Elms. Hare. Margate. Pcv.M. J. Berkeley. --CvQii\n{osey 

 imbricated. Pdeus 1 — 2 inches long, ascending, obovato-spathulate ; 

 margin involute, fleshy, tough ; the outer surface cartilaginous, longi- 

 tudinally lacunose and echfnulate, reddish-buff, hoary with the round 

 white (!) sporules; and within the white flesh is a line of the same 

 substance parallel with the smface. Gills pale, more or less notched 



