Agaricus.] FUNGI. 53 



elude that he Is not quite satisfied about the propriety of doing so. It 

 certainly has little affinity with the species with which it is here asso- 

 ciated, but I know not where to place it more advantai^eously. It must 

 not be confounded with Asterophora (ifjuricoidcsy wiiicli is a perfectly 

 distinct plant, thoiij^h its analogy is very striking. The plicae in that 

 species do not bear sporules. 



** Gills more or less rescynhling veins , homogeneous with 

 the pileus. 



133. A. Vaillmtiij Fr. ( Vaillant's Agaric) ; pileus plane 

 plicate white as well as the distant broadly adnate gills, stem 

 solid smooth reddish-brown incrassated above and paler. Fr. 

 Syst. Myc, v. \. p. 136. Pers. Myc. Evr. v, S. j). 70. — Fimgus 

 pileolo candicante, c^'c, VailL J3ot. Far, p, 69. ^ 11. /. 21 — 24. 

 — MeriiUus androsaceiis^ With. v. A. p. 143. 



On sticks and decayed leaves in beech woods. Packington Park, 

 amongst moss. Withering. — " Pileus h an inch broad, plane, now 

 and then depressed, striato-rugose. GiUs distinct, simple, triangular 

 and thence apparently decurrent. Stem 1 inch high, very tough, yel- 

 lowish when young, base smooth, black, even and shining ; the middle 

 bay, the apex whitish, most minutely pruinose." Fr. I. c. Withering's 

 description accords with his synonym from Vaillant, and will not apply 

 to any of the other species usually confounded under the name of A. 

 andro.sdceus. 



134. A. Rotula, Scop, (wheel Agaric); pileus convex iinibilU 

 cate plicate white as well as the gills which are attached to a 

 free collar surrounding the smooth dark fistulose stem. Scop. 

 Fl. Cam. n. 1569. Soio. t. 95. Fr. Sijst. Myc. v. 1. ;?. 136. 

 Grev. Fl. Ed. p. 381. Pers. Myc. Eur. v. 3. p. 275.— Meru- 

 lius collariatus, With. v. 4. ;;. 144. Part. v. 2 S^' 3. n. 893. — 

 A. androsaccvs, Bull. t. Q>4^ 569. f. 3. 



On sticks, stumps, dead leaves, &c. The whole year. Common. — 

 Pileus 1 — 3 lines broad, hemispherical, umbilicatc, anil minutely um- 

 l)onate, jjlaited, smooth, margin crenate ; white or pale buff with a dark 

 um!)ilicus. (ji//s broad, distant, equal, or occasionally with a fciv short 

 ones of the same colour as the |)ilcus, connate behind and separating 

 from the stem so as to present the appearance of being fixed to a free 

 collar surrounding the stem. Sfrui setiform, slightly flexuous, white 

 above, then tawny, deep-shining brown at the base, striate, fistulosc, 

 frecjuently branched and sarmentose, with or without abortive pilei. 



135. A. audrosdc(us,Jj. (Avdrosarc-lihc Agaric); j)ileus con- 

 vex plicate wliite tinged with brown, gills adnate distinct 

 simple, stem fistnlose snlcatc black quite smooth. Linn. Suec. 

 1193. Bolt. t. 32. Sow. t. 94 ! Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 1. ;;. 137. 

 Grev. Fl. Ed. p. 381. Pers. Myc. Eur. v. 3. p. 273. Klotzsch, 

 Fung. Germ, exs, n. 17. — A. cpiphyllHs, Jhtll. t. 569. /*. 2. — 

 Merulius androsaceus, Purt. v. 2 &; 3. Ji. 849. {not of With.) 



On fern stems, oak and beech leaves, Sec , generally <>n the j)rincipal 

 nerves. The whole year. (Jommon — Pileus .') — (» lines l)roaii, con- 

 vex, with a slight depression, pale rufescent, ilarkcr in the centre. 



