26 FUNGI. [Agaricus, 



and truncate behind, connected by veins. Mi//c white, acrid. Stem-^ 

 inches high, } inch thick, spongy, at length hollow, marked with little 

 longitudinal pits, strigose at the base, the whole plant when cut white 

 turning to a beautiful lilac. It is not however the milk which changes 

 colour, on exposure to air, but the flesh itself. 



57. A. hysgiiius, Fr. (^pink-dyed Agaric) ; pileiis viscid even 

 zoneless flesli-coloured, gills and milk white, stem hollow 

 spotted. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. I. p. Q7 . — A. depressus, With. v. 4. 

 p. 171. 



In grassy places, fir woods, &c. Aug. — Oct. Edgbaston Park. 

 Withering. — " Pileus 4—5 inches broad, pinky or brownish white, 

 viscid. Gills white yellowish with age. Stem 3 — 4 inches high, ^ an 

 inch thick, solid (hollow and scrobiculate, Fr.) white with a pinky tinge. 

 Juice dilutely milky, very acrid." With. I. c. The only difference 

 between this and A. hysgimis, Fr. is the solid stem, but no character is 

 more variable in this tribe. No other species will answer at all to the 

 characters. 



58. A. blemiius, Fr. {greenish-Jieched Agaric) ; pileus viscid 

 pitted not zoned greenish, gills and milk white. Fr. Syst. 

 Myc. V. I. p. 67. Fl. Dan. t, 1961. /. 'l.—A. xylopliilus, var. 

 viscosus, Pers. Syn. p. 438. — A. Listeria var. 5. With. v. 4. /?. 

 154. var. 2, Purt. v. S. p. 191. 



Woods, especially of beech. Sept. — Oct. Not uncoMimon. Bees- 

 ton, Notts." King's Cliffe, Norths. Rev. M. J. Berkeley. — Pileus 2 — 

 4 inches broad, fleshy, rarely subzonate, convex, the margin generally 

 involute and adpresso-tomentose, (quite smooth, Fr.) at length more or 

 less depressed, dull cinereous-green, at first viscid ; more or less pitted. 

 Millc white, not changeable. Gills rather narrow, pale ochraceous, scarcely 

 forked not connected by veins. Steyn 1 inch long, |— | an inch thick, 

 paler than the pileus, attenuated downwards, obtuse, smooth, at length 

 hollow, sometimes pitted. Very acrid. 



59. A. deliciosus, L. (oraiige- milked Agaric) ; pileus viscid 

 obsok'tely zoned orange turning pale, gills and milk orange, 

 stem hollow smooth scrobiculate. Linn. Suec. 1211. Schceff. 

 t,U. Sow. t 202. With. V. 4. p. 163. Tratt. Essb. Schivam, 

 t. M. Purt. V. 3. p. 187. Fr. Syst. 3Iyc. v. I. p. 67. Grev. 

 Fl. Ed. p. 374. Poques, Hist, des Champ, p. 93. Klotzsch, Fung. 

 Germ. exs. n. Q. 



Fir woods. Sept.— Oct. Not uncommon. — Gregarious, sometimes 

 subcsespitose. — Pileus finches or more broad, zoned, orange-rufous, dull 

 as if there were the remains of a minute very closely pressed dirty white 

 web, hemispherical when young, in which state the margin is decidedly 

 involute and tomentose, at length expanded, depressed, fleshy. The 

 whole plant abounding with orange milk and when bruised or old, 

 stained with green. Gills decurrent, from the first of the same colour 

 as the pileus, forked at the base, rather broad and distant. Spnrules 

 round, white. Stem 3 inches high, curved, stuffed, more or less hollow, 

 scrobiculate, strigose at the base. Odour and taste agreeable, like that 

 of Cantharellus cibarius, but slightly acrid. From the account given by 

 M. Roques it should seem that this Agaric however delicious is not 

 always to be eaten with impunity. I have always found the milk acrid. 



