46 FUNGI. [Agaricus. 



114. A. butyrdceus, Bull, {oilt/ Agaric); pileus fleshy at 

 length umbonate, g-ills nearly free crenulate, stem stuiFed striate 

 rufescent the outer coat cartilaginous, incrassated and tomen- 

 tose at the base. Bull. t. bl-1. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. I, p. 121. 

 — A. trichopus 8^ leucophyllus, Pers. Syji. p. 308, 309. 



Amongst leaves in woods and fir plantations. June — Oct. Not 

 uncommon. Beeston, Notts. Rev. 1\1. J. Berkeley. — Pileus 1^ inch 

 broad, subcarnose, convex, expanded, umbonate, subviscose of a livid 

 ochre or dull green ; when quite young livid-brown, the margin subru- 

 fescent, but a portion below the umbo soon grows pale, so that the 

 pileus appears of four colours. The umbo is always dark, but some- 

 times the rest of the pileus is pale rufescent or ochraceous ; margin 

 occasionally striate ; flesh white, mottled with rufous. Gills close, free, 

 not ventricose, rounded, edge rather uneven and notched. Sporides 

 white. Stem \^ — 2 inches high, f of an inch thick below, somewhat 

 twisted, smooth, slightly striate, downy at the bulbous base, stuiFed, 

 white within, the outer coat being of quite a different structure and 

 rufescent. 



113. A. compressus, Sow. (Jlat-stalked Agaric) ; pileus sub- 

 carnose irregular smooth thin fuscous, gills distant white, stem 

 hollow whitish compressed. Sow, t. ^^. With. v. 4. p. 221. 

 Pers. Syn. p. 363. Purt. v. 2 8f Q. n. 942. Fr. Syst. Myc. 

 V. 1. p. 115. Pers. Myc. Eur. v. 3. p. 215. 



In woods and pastures. Oct. — Nov. — " Pileus 2 — 3 inches broad, 

 campanulate at length nearly plane, dry, smooth, thin, brittle, pellucid, 

 grey-brown lighter at the margin. Gills distant, thickish, white, almost 

 free, broad towards the stem and truncate " sometimes forked at the 

 outer end." With ''Stem 2 — 3 inches high, ^ — ^ inch thick, com- 

 pressed, often splitting, twisted or irregular. Whole plant brittle and of 

 a watery substance." Grev. L c. I am not acquainted with this 

 species except from dried specimens, marked by M. Klotzsch, and the 

 original ones of Sowerby. I feel, however, quite convinced from these, 

 that its closest affinities are with A. butyraceus and other similar 

 species of this section. 



\\Q. A. coiijluens., Pers. (confluent hoary Agaric) ; confluent 

 csespitose, pileus subcarnose dirty-white, gills free close, stem 

 fistulose compressed villoso-pulverulent. Pers. Ic. &; Descr. 

 t. 5./. 1, 2. Fr. Syst Myc. v. 1. p. 123. Klotzsch, Fung. Germ. 

 exs. n. 12. 



Woods. Aug. — Oct. Not uncommon. Wanstead. Soiu. Herb. 

 Scotland. Klotzsch, in Hooli. Herb. Yarwell, Norths. Beeston, 

 Notts. Hev. M. J. Berkeley. — Densely tufted, often in large rings. 

 Pileus 1 — H inch broad, reddish-brown, changing when dry to cream- 

 colour, at first convex, with the gills perfectly free so as to leave a naked 

 ring round the top of the stem, at length exyianded obsoletely umbonate 

 more or less irregular and compressed, the margin when fresh finely 

 striate. Gills distinct, free, linear, finely serrulate, pale changing to cream 

 colour. Stem 2 inches or more high, above 1 line thick, compressed, 

 thickest upwards, and pale rufous below; the whole villous with white 

 mealy pubescence ; not strigose. 



117. A. xdnthopus, Fr. (jjellow-stemmed Agaric) ; pileus sub- 



