Agaricus.] FUNGI. 55 



sent by Bcrtero from the island of Juan Fernandez, gathered March, 

 1830, marked (A. alliodorns), and others gathered hi Scotland with a 

 pileus and stem paler than usual, and the interstices of the gills very 

 much veined. 



138. A. epijjhylliis, Pers. {scalc-lihe Agaric) ; pileus nearly 

 plane rugose white as well as the few adnate veinlike gills, 

 stem fistulose minutely velvety brown bright below. Pcrs, 

 Sijn. lu 468. Myc, Eur. v. 3. p. 272. Fr. Si/sL Myc. v. 1. 



p. 139. Grev. FL Ed. p. 381 A, Sqiiamida, Batsch, Cont. 



1. f. 84. Soiu, t. 93. — Merulius Squaimda, With. v. 4. ;?. 

 14G. Purt. V. 2 S)^ 3. n. 895.—^. iimhelliferus, Bolt. t. 39. 

 A. {not of With.) 



Dead leaves, especially of ivy. Sept.— Dec. Very common. — 

 Pik'i/s 3 lines broad, plane, at length umbilicate, cream-coloured, rugose. 

 Gd/s veiny, branched, adnate, broad at the base ; in large specimens 

 they are seen, when accurately examined, to form a close collar round 

 the stem, which is evident even when the gills are almost obsolete ; 

 margin of the collar cream-coloured. Stem 1 — 2 inches high, filiform, 

 brown or blackish below, paler upwards, minutely velvety. — Hdotium 

 31ehtnopus, Pers. Ic. ct Descr. t. 9. / 7, 8, is nothing more than this 

 species with the gills obsolete. 



139. A. Ihtds6?ii, Pers. (small hairy Agaric) ; pileus con- 

 vexo-expanded whitish beset with red erect liairs as well as 

 the red-brown stem, gills whitish. Pers. Syn. p. 390. 3Iijc. 

 Eur. V. 3. ;;. 270. Dec. FL Fr. v. 2. ;;. 164. Purt. v. 2 Sf 3. 

 71. 970. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. I. p. 139. — A. pilosusj Huds. Ft. 

 Angl. p. 622. ^ow. t. 164. 



In woods on decayed leaves, especially holly-leaves. Winter months. 

 Hare. Croydon. Dichson. Hollybush Hill, Wansted. Mr. Ti. M. 

 Forstcr. — " Pileus 3 lines broad, convex, ahnost hemisphasrical, white, 

 clothed with red erect subrigid hairs. Gdls dirty-white. Stoii 1 — 2 

 inches high, filiform, whitish, red-brown or reddish, somewhat hairy at 

 the base." /////■/<. /. r. Dccandolie compares this species with A. Po- 

 t/da, and ascribes to it a shining black stem and a pileus beset with 

 black hairs. Sowerby represents the gills as attached to a collar. 



Subgenus 10. Mycena ; (from /Mv/.n;, ft fungus). Stem 

 highly Jistulosc, gracfful, suhcartilaginous^ distinct from the jdkus, 

 gcncndly villous or rooting at the base, never bulbous. Pileus 

 membra/uueous, conic or subglobosc, then campanidatc^ seldom 

 more expanded, substriate, generally smooth icithuitt scales, mare or 

 less diajdtanoiis. Gills umyual, ascending^ acute behind. Asci 

 distinct. — Small graceful fungi. 



* Stem rooting (except in A. Iris) even, juieeless. Gills 

 free^ tlui margin of the same colour. 



MO. A. allidcrus, Ja((|. (rooting garlic Afjaric) ; strong- 

 seontod, pileus louj^h white witii a brownish tint, gills free 

 dirty-white, stem tall blackish between pruinouc and velvety. 



