Affaricus.] FUNGI. 59 



Forest, Oct. 1793. Sowcrh)/, Canterbury. King's Cliffe, Norths. 

 Beeston, Notts. Rev. M. J. Berheley. — Pileus \ — 1 inch broad, 

 campanulate or convex, ochraceous, the centre blackish, (varying 

 somewhat in colour,) {)ellucitl, striate. GUIs white, arcuato-adnate or 

 even dccurrent. Stem 2 — 3 inches high, about I line thick, pale 

 umber, the base somewhat rooting, fibrilloso-tomentoscor even strigosc, 

 fistulotienot brittle. Milk mild. ^Tastc like that of radishes. iSubject to 

 some variation iu size and form and colour, but known by its white milk. 



149. A. sa?}giii?iolc?ilii!{, Alb. & Sclnv. (blood-Juiced Agar ic); 

 slender, pileus striate vinous, gills fixed the margin dark- 

 purple, stem replete with vinous juice. Alb. S^ Schw. p. 196. 

 Fr, Si/sf. Myc. v. 1.;^. 149. 



Woods, on sticks, &c., but especially on cones of the Scotch Fir. 

 Probably not uncommon. Sept. — Oct. Canterbury. Beeston, Notts. 

 King's Clitic, Norths. Rrv. M. J. Bcrliehij. — Solitary or gregarious. 

 Pili'KS 1 — 2 lines broad, obtuse, margin striate, brownish-purple, 

 resembling that of the crust of port wine. Gills paler, adnate, with a 

 tooth, n)argin purple. Stem straight, smooth, sometimes attenuate 

 upwards, of the same colour as the pileus, darker below, fistulose, 

 re[)letc with pellucid juice of the same colour. When growing on fir- 

 cones strigose at the base. Odour strong, like that of A. alculinns. 



* 5. Stem even, not inilhy, gills adnate, margin of a different 



colour, 



150. A. (llegans, Pers. (yellow-bordered Agaric); pileus striate 

 livid-yellow, gills adnate linear livid, margin yellow, stem 

 rigid even, the base fibrillose. Pers. Sipi. p. 391. Fr. Syst. 

 Myc. V. I. p. 149. Fl. Dan. t. 2024. f. 2. 



Woods, on sticks amongst leaves. Sept. — Oct. Probably not 

 nnconunon. Canterbury (on bramble). Rev. M. J. Berheley. — 

 J*il(//s ^ an inch broad, obtuse, striate, livid-yellow, margin paler. 

 (tills rather broad, adnate, with a minute tooth, scarcely vcntricose ; 

 the part nearest the pileus livid ; margin beautiful yellow. Stem 

 1 — 2 inches high, rather brittle, slender, minutely pilose, yellow above, 

 brown below, fistulose, the base strigosc, rather swollen, filled wiih 

 watery juice. 



151. A. slrobUinus, Pers. (scarlet Jir-cone Agaric) ; scarh't, 

 pileus acutely niubonate, margin striate, gills adnate the margin 

 <larker, stem firm jtiiceless furnished with wliite strigiXJ at the 

 base. Fers. tSyn-p. iV.V'}. Fr. St/st. 3Iyc. r. \.]). 150. Grcr. 

 FL Fd. p. 383. Fl. Dan. t. 2025./ 1 .—A. coccinnis, Soir. 1. 1 97. 



In woods", on dead leaves and twigs, and on the cones of the Scotih 

 Fir. Hare. Near Newmarket. Mr. Ilemsted. Balmuto near 

 Edinburgh. Grevillr. — " Subgrrgarious, subrisciculate. rih 'la :\ — .") 

 lines l)road, campanulate, with a rather short fleshy umbt), smdoth, 

 bright-red or red-orange, striate at the margin. Gilts adnate, with a 

 dccurrent process, distant, whitish-red, edges dull and darker red. 

 Stew 1 — 2 inches hi^h, hollow, firm, smooth, pale red, strigose at the 

 base and whitisij, often with a long root." Grev. I. c. 



