44 FUNGI. [Ayaricus, 



well as the irregular hollow stem. Bull. t. 520. Sow. t. 106. 

 Fr. Syst. Myc. v, \.p. 116. — A. nitratus^ Pers. Myc, Eur. v. 3. 

 p. 209. 



Woods. Peckham Wood, Sowerby. — " Odour nitrous. Pileus 

 1 — 4 inches broad, at first campanulate, then plane, rigid, brittle. Gills 

 emarginate, broad, thick, dirty-white, at length cinereous. Stem 2 

 inches high, 1 inch thick, rarely stuffed when young, ventricose, com- 

 pressed, with deep furrows." Fr. I. c. 



109. A. cimeifolius, Fr. {wedge-gilled Agaric) ; pileus sub- 

 carnose even at length cracked, gills white ventricose, stem 

 hollow pruinose at the apex. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 1. p. 116. — 

 A. ovinus, Bull. t. .580. AB. — A. cinereo-rimosus, Batsch, 

 Cont. 2./. 106. 



Pastures. Sept. — Nov. Margate. King's Cliffe, Norths. Rev, 

 M. J. Berkeley. — Pileus about 1 inch broad, brownish or subochraceous, 

 subcarnose, at first conic, obtuse, afterwards expanded with a strong 

 umbo, much waved and split at the margin which is at first involute and 

 minutely tomentose ; the surface rimose. Gills distant, broad in front, 

 ventricose, acutely arcuato-adnate, thick, connected and traversed by 

 veins, white with a slight reddish-cinereous tinge. Stem 1 — H inch 

 high, 2—4 lines thick, nearly equal, stuffed, at length hollow, pruinose 

 above, with sometimes a few superficial squamulae towards the base. 



G. Rhizopodes ; (from ^/^a, a root, and crou^, Sifoot.) Pileus 

 fleshy, viscid. Gills suhadjixed. Stem rooting. 



110. A. radicaius, Relh. {deep-rooting Agaric); pileus 

 wrinkled glutinous, gills fixed white, stem long rigid, root long 

 fusiform. Relh. Fl. Cant. ed. 3. p. 329. With. v. 4. p. 202. 

 Sow. t. 48. Purt. «;. 2 4- 3. n. 931. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 1. 

 p. 118. Grev. Fl. Ed. p. 378. Grev. Sc. Crijpt. Fl. t. 217. 

 — A. longipes, Bull. t. 232, 515.—^. Vmhraculupi, With. v. 4. 

 p. 155. 



About the roots of trees. June— Sept. Common. — Pileus S'mches 

 or more broad, fiat, more or less umbonate, radiato-rugose, smooth, at 

 first slimy, carnose, tough and elastic, delicate fusco-ochraceous, oliva- 

 ceous &c. often irregular, triangular &c. Gills white, thick, distant, 

 ventricose, adnate, with or without a tooth, sometimes almost decurrent. 

 Sporules white, nearly round. Ste)n 4 — 8 inches high, about f of an 

 inch thick, attenuated upwards, twisted, not smooth but rather furfura- 

 ceous, sometimes striate above with raised lines, paler than the pileus, 

 juicy, brittle, splitting longitudinally, but sometimes tough, stuffed, at 

 length sometimes hollow, rufescent within, penetrating very deeply 

 into the ground by a fusiform root. 



111. A. velutipes, Curt, {velvet- stemmed Agaric); pileus 

 unequal tawny slimy, gills ventricose white tinged with yellow, 

 stem incurved velvety dark-bay. Curt. Lond. t. 70. Bolt, t, 

 135. Sow. t. 263, 384. f. 3. With. i;. 4.jo. 258. Purt. v. 

 2 c^ 3. n. 965. Fr. Syst.^Myc. v. 1. p. 119. Grev. Fl. Ed. 

 p. S7 8.— Fungus glutinosus, Sfc.— Vaill. Bot. Par. t. 12. / 8, 9. 

 — ^. nigripes, Bull t. 344, 519. /. 2.—^. sidcatus, With. Purf, 



