Aguricm.] rUNGI. "gl 



stilus, red). Veil none. Stem smooth^ spongy within, Pileus 

 with a fleshy disk and thin murgiri which is not ir flexed at any 

 period of growth. Gills juicelesSy either all equal, or with a few 

 shorter intermixed or forked, rigid, brittle, broad in front, narrow 

 behind, acute, properly free, but apparently adnato-decurrent from 

 the diffusion of tJie stem into the pileus. Asci slender, sporules white 

 or subochraceous. Gills white or yellow. Large or middle-sized 

 Fungi, rigid, persistent, solitary, growing on the ground. 



* Sporules yellow. 



42. A. alutdceus, Pers. (buff-gilled Agaric) ; pileus subcom- 

 pact, margin at length furrowed, gills broad equal tan-coloured. 

 Pers. Syn. p, 441. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. I. p. 55. JRoques, Hist. 



des Champ, t. 10./. 3. — A. pectinaceus, Bull.t. 509./ Q.R.S 



A. campanidatus, Pers. I. c. p. 440. — A. auratus, With. v. 4. p. 

 184. — A. olivaceus. With. I. c. p. 199. — A. sapidusy Roques, L e. 

 /. 10./4. 



Woods. July — Oct. Not uncommon. — /''i/e?^,? 3 inches broad, fleshy, 

 timooth, viscid when moist, depressed, margin at first even, more or less 

 furrowed and tubercled when old, pink, livid, oHve, &c. Gills broad, 

 ■equal, sometimes slightly forked, ventricose, free, connected by veins. 

 Sporules yellow. Stem H inch long, 1 inch thick, blunt, surface longi- 

 tudinally wrinkled or grooved, solid, spongy within, smooth, white, some- 

 times yellow. Taste mild, pleasant, acrid when old. By common con- 

 sent pronounced esculent, but individual specimens occur which prove 

 almost as acrid as A. emeiicus. 



43. A. luteus, Huds. (^yellow simple-gilled Agaric) ; middle- 

 sized, margin of the pileus even, gills narrow close equal egg- 

 yellow. Huds. PI. Ang. p. 611. Pers. Syn. p. 4A2. Fr. 

 Syst. Myc. v. \.p. 55. — A. integer, var. 6. With. v. 4. p. 182. 



Woods. Aug. Kinnordy, Scotland. Klotzsch, in Houk. Herb. — 

 *' Pileus 1 — 2 inches broad, piano-depressed, rather viscid, yellow, 

 becoming pale, rarely white. Gills connected by veins. Stem more or 

 less hollow, slender. Taste mild. Brittle." Fr. I. c. 



44. A. nitidus, Pers. {iieat simple-gilled Agaric) ; pileus thin, 

 margin furrowed, gills broad rather distant equal yellow. Pers. 

 Syn. p. 444. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. I. p. 56. Grev. PI. Ed. p. 372. 

 — A.purpureus, Schaff. t. 254. — A. risigalliuus. Putsch, Cont. 1. 

 /72. 



Woods. Autumn. Not uncommon. — Pileus 1 — 2 inches broad, 

 convex, becoming nearly plane or depressed, viscid when moist, margin 

 very thin, at first even, afterwards furrowed and tubercled, mostly yel- 

 low but occasionally tinged with purple. G'/7/j bufi", coiuiecteii by veins, 

 all e(jiial, free. Spunilcs round, pale yellow. Stem 1 — 2 inches long, h 

 an inch thick, spongy, at length hollow, white or yellowish, covered 

 N\ilh a minute white meal so that the im|)ression of the fingers is left 

 U])on it. 



** Sporules white. 



45. /I. emeiicus, Schteff. (common simplc-gillcJ Agaric) ; lai'ge 



