Agaricus.] FUNGI. 19 



Schoeff. L 64. With. v. 4. p. 175. — A. myomyces^ Pers, Syn. 

 p. 345. Myc, Eur, v. 3. p. 202, 



Fir plantations, borders of woods, &c. Oct. — Nov. Not uncommon. 

 Pileus 1^ — 3 inches broad, fleshy, obtuse, generally umbonate, often 

 depressed, pale rufescent, lilac-brown, whitish,yellowish, &c., with rufous 

 squamulae, and sometimes a depressed down. Gills rounded behind or 

 emarginate, nearly or quite free, exceedingly brittle, dirty white with 

 sometimes a cinereous tinge towards the margin, turning yellow in 

 decay. Stem 1 — H inch high, | — % of an inch thick, of a more waxy 

 appearance than the last but fibrillose, stuffed, white; sometimes of the 

 same colour as the pileus, swollen below and marked with little dark 

 scales. Odour strong, like that of new flour. — I think it better to call 

 this species by BuUiard's name than by that of SchoefFer, as the figure 

 of the latter is not very good, while that of Bulliard, especially^. 513./. 

 2, is an exact representation of the plant I have in view. In general 

 there is scarcely any trace of a ring, but I have m.et with a variety with 

 a very thick, narrow, permanent, woolly ring. Fries' plant has a smell 

 like that of mice and is reddish when cut, characters wholly at variance 

 with this or the foregoing species. According to his Ind. Alph. it is 

 now A. snjjonaceus, Linnaea, V. p. 721. 



37. A. Columhetta^ ¥i\ (white downy-hordered Agaric) ; white, 

 pileus irregular at length often rinioso-squamose, gills- close 

 emarginate, stem solid blunt smooth. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 1. 



p, 44 A. leucocephcdiis, Bidl. t, 428./. 1. 536. With. v. 4. 



p. 176. 



Amongst grass. Pasture-land, particularly by the long stew, Edgbas- 

 ton. Oct. 27, 1790. Withering. — "■ Pileus 1^ — 4 inches broad, con- 

 vex, silky, centre dilute mouse-colour lightly shaded off, border white 

 when young, sometimes tinged with pink, cracking with age. Gills fixed, 

 white, brittle. Stem 2 inches high, 3 — 6 lines thick, solid, white, cylin- 

 drical, but often compressed, crooked, silky, central when young, not 

 always so in a more advanced age." With. /. c. Fries' plant is pure 

 white, often spotted with reddish ; that of Bulliard has a yellowish 

 tinge. The only point of discrepancy in Withering's species is the silky 

 stem, but this does not decidedly disprove the correctness of his quota- 

 tion, and it is therefore inserted on his authority. 



38. A. sejmictusy Sow, (yellow-ivhite Agaric) ; pileus subum- 

 bonate dry yellow streaked with black hairs, gills emarginate 

 broad white as well as the solid stem. Soiv. t. 120. Fr. Syst. 

 Myc. V. I. p. 47. — A. Icucosanthiis, Pers. Syn.p.'dW). Myc. 

 Eur. V. S.p. 180. 



Woods. Autunm. Suwerby. — *' Pileus dirty yellow or nearly white. 

 (rills whitish and thickest near the stem, somewhat flattened, as it were, 

 by separating from it in a peculiar manner and partly adhering to each 

 other." Sow. I. c. " Bitter. Gills rather distant, brittle. Pileus 2 — 5 

 inches broad. Stem 2 — 3 inches high, i — 1 inch thick, nearly equal, 

 smooth, slightly striate." Fr. I. c. 



39. A. persondtus, Fr. (variable blue-stemmed Agaric) ; pileus 

 smooth, margin villoso-pruinose, gills rounded free inclining to 

 violet as well as the solid somewhat bulbous stem. Fr. Syst. Myc. 



