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branched, never white. There never is a central umbo. Scent none. 

 In other respects, its stature size and intenseness of colour vary, so that 

 it is hard to believe that certain specimens belong to the same species. 

 Stem attenuated, sometimes above, sometimes below." Fr. EL I. c. — This 

 species is introduced solely on account of Fries' reference to Withering. 

 One of his references however I have rejected, being certainly another 

 species and probably the true A. cinnamomeus, and I perfectly agree 

 with Dr. Greville that Bolton's A. cinnamomeus, is quite different. I 

 believe it to be a state oi A.fastibilis. A. pileolarius , Bull, quoted by 

 Fries, does not agree with the account given above. It is described as 

 farinose or subtomentose and its odour and taste as very agreeable, 

 especially when young. Of this I once found some small specimens in 

 Laxton Park, Norths, under Scotch firs, and I have before me what I 

 believe to be the same (as far as I can judge from dried specimens) from 

 the Sandy Denes of Yarmouth ; but never having seen it fully developed 

 and having neglected to take notes at the time, I leave the point for 

 further investigation. — Whatever may be thought of the correctness of 

 Fries' citation of Withering's A. sordido-flavus, the remarks given 

 above from his Elenchus will be found of great value as affording points 

 of comparison between this and the two next species. 



74. A.Jidccidus, Sow. (^flaccid Agaric) ; pileus thin depres- 

 sed obtuse even, margin deflexed, gills decurrent very close 

 dirty white, stem slender equal. Sow. t. 185. Fr. Syst.Myc. 

 V. l.p.Sl. El. l.p. 11. 



Fir plantations. Sept. Not uncommon. Seldom in other situations. 

 Amongst grass, Aimer. Dorset. Rev. M. J. Berkeley.— Fllem 2—3 

 inches broad, always of a peculiar form and substance ; orbicular, depres- 

 sed, rather plane than infundibuliform by reason of the deflexed margin. 

 No central umbo ; very even and smooth, various in colour, generally 

 reddish but sometimes white. Gilh very much attenuated behind, very 

 close, tender and narrow, not running far down. Stem 1—2 inches long, 

 2 lines thick, slender, generally equal, smooth with a subcartilaginous 

 bark; not fleshy as in A. gilvzis, nor elastic and spongy as in A.infundi- 

 buliformis, but stuffed and soon hollow or fistulose ; not rooting nor in- 

 crassated and villous, excej)t from peculiarity of situation." Fr. El. I. c. 

 In grassy places, as in the locality mentioned above, the stem is some- 

 times densely covered with wool above the peculiar bark-like coat, 

 evidently springing from the villosity of the base; the pileus in the same 

 locality was very brittle. Fries' remarks apply admirably to the form 

 well figured by Sowerby, which commonly occurs in fir plantations. 

 Schceffer's figure when compared with his character will be seen to 

 belong clearly to some other species ; and most of Bulliard's figures 

 t. 553, except perhaps that marked P., rather to the following species. He 

 says expressly that it has a fungoid smell, which is one of the distin- 

 guishing marks of A. infundibuliformis. Few Agarics have greater 

 pretensions to beauty. 



75. A. infundibuliformis, Bull, (variable wood Agaric); pileus 

 umbonate smooth at length infundibuliform, gills decurrent 

 reddish, stem stuffed elastic attenuated upwards. Bidl. t. 28G. 

 553. Fr. El. l.p. 12. Ind. Alph. p. 22.-^ A. gibbus, Pers. Sijii.p. 

 449. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. I. p. 82. Klolzsch, Fung. Germ. exs. 

 71. 10. 



