Agaricus.] 



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tomentose, the margin slightly turned in and snbstriate, fleshy, firm, 

 not very brittle nor zoned/ Milk white, insn[)portably acrid, not change- 

 able. Gills at first pale, then slightly rufescent, decurrent, here and 

 there forked. Stevi 'Ih inches high, ^ of an inch thick, nearly equal, 

 obtuse, firm, bearing a'strong pressure, rufescent, but hoary or mealy; 

 turning brown when bruised, somewhat stuffed at length partly hollow 

 base downy. The differences between A. rufus and A. helms which 

 are now united by Fries are said by him to depend upon their place of 

 growth. iMy specimens, according to the place of growth, should be A. 

 rufus, whereas in character they come nearest to A. lielvus. Wither- 

 ing speaks of his plant as hot and acrid like Mczereun or CiLckow Pint 

 which can scarce apply to any state of ^. subdulcis. 



65. A. ghjciosmus, Fr. {siveet- scented milky Agaric) ; strong- 

 scented, pileus thin sqnamulose opaque sublurid, gills yellowish 

 close, milk white, stem smooth. Fr, Syst. Myc. v. \.p. 72. 



Woods especially of Pine. Sept. — Oct. Scotland. Klutzschjn Hook. 

 Herb.—'' Pileus more or less plane, often umbonate, various in colour, 

 lurid-brown, brick-red, flesh colour, or rufous ; known by its peculiar 

 scent ; brittle. Gills opaque, pale when young. Sporules white. Milk 

 white, at length acrid." Fr. I. c. Pileus 1—3 inches broad. Gills 

 narrow. Stem U inch long, 3—4 lines broad. 



G6. A. plumbetis, Bull. (lead-coloured milky Agaric) ; pileus 

 dry not zoned dark fuscous or deep dingy grey, gills yellowisli, 

 milk white. BuU. t. 282. t. 539./. 2. Pers. Syn. p. 435. Fr. 

 Syst Myc. V. 1. p. 73. Grev. Ft. Ed. p. 375 — A. Listeri, Sow. 

 t. 245. Johnst. Fl. Berw.v. 2. p. 104. 



Woods. Autumn. Rare. Dundas Hill near Edinburgh. Grcvillc. 

 Near Berwick. Johnston.—"' Pileus 3—5 inches broad, large, convex, 

 becoming depressed, firm, never zoned or glutinous, margin mostly 

 involute^dark, fuliginous-grey or brown. Flesh compact, white. Gills 

 numerous, yellowish, varying with different shades. Stem 2—3 inches 

 high, firm, thick, brownish or dingy olive." Grev. I. c. 



67. A. fuUgiiwsus, Fr. (coffee-coloured Agaric) ; pileus zone- 

 less dry umber sprinkled with brown meal, gills ochraceous, 

 flesh changing from white to saffron. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 1. p. 

 73.— A. azonitcs, Dull. t. b(M.f. 3. 



Woods. Aui:.— Nov. Inverary. Klotzsch, in Honk. Herb. Canter- 

 bury. King's Cliffe, Norths. Rev. M. J. Berkeley.— Pileus 1— .'3 

 inches l)road, not viscid, minutely pitted, plane, slightly depressed, of a 

 dull grcy-bufl' or umber with a minute bloom; not zoned ; the margin 

 not the least involute ; y/r.s7i when cut soon chanuing to salmon-colour. 

 I\Iilk white, not changeable. Gills slightly forked at the base, not con- 

 nected with veins, ochraceons, subdecurrent, mealy, with the yellow 

 sporules, which are very minute, round ami echinulate. Stem \\ — 3 

 inches long, 4— .J lines thick, s()liil,but the inner substance less dense, 

 obese, nuich paler than the pileus, with a minute bloom.— The colour of 

 the pileus is exactly that of coffee and milk, as observed by Decandolle. 

 who however confounds two species. It may be always known from 

 A. arris by atteniling to the sporules. 



68. A. pyrogaliis, Bull, {small-zoned Agaric) ; pileus dry 

 *nn»oth nwM-o <»r loss zoned livid, gills distant yellow, sUmu 



