42 FUNGI. [Agaricus. 



the pileus, not changing colour, horizontal, broad behind and adnate, 

 thick, distant, sometimes forked above, mealy from the white round 

 sporuies. Stem 1 — 6 inches long, thickest and downy below, fibrillose, 

 tough, hollow, of the colour of the pileus but not becoming pale. — 

 However striking at first the difference may be between the two varieties, 

 there is no doubt of their specific identit3% Schceffer rightly included 

 both in his t. 13, and his synonyms show that he did so advisedly, 

 Purton had come to the same conclusion. See 3Iid. Fl. v. 3. p. 399. 

 His A. subfarinaceus however is not the same, but A. gentilis. The 

 specific name refers to the peculiar red of the pileus, resembling that of 

 gum-lac. It has a singular tendency to form monstrosities, reminding 

 us of analogous states oi Holy menia pur pur ascens. See Grev. Crypt. 

 FL t. 240. 



103. A. helhis, Pers. (orange farijiaceous Agaric); pileus sub- 

 carnose depressed squamulose orange-tavs'ny, gills distant paler 

 as well as the tough stem. Pers. Syn. p. 452. Fr. Syst. 

 Myc, V. 1. p. 107. 



Fir plantations. East Morden, Dors. Sept, 12, 1832.— Caespitose, 

 foetid. Pileus 2| inches or more broad, tough, subcarnose, at first 

 without any umbilicus, at length deeply umbilicate, deep orange-brown, 

 squamulose, wavy and crisped at the margin, becoming gradually pale. 

 Gills exceedingly broad, at first adnate, then decurrent with a tooth, 

 crisped, distant, incarnato-ferruginous. Sporuies round, white. Stem 

 2| inches high, ^ of an inch thick, tough, thickest below, almost coria- 

 ceous, fibrillose, hollow in age. — Growing with the two varieties of 

 A. laccatus in great abundance, and certainly very nearly allied. But 

 it is very foetid, nmch tufted, and, when young, not nearly so tall in pro- 

 portion. The gills in the earliest state extend beyond the margin 

 of the pileus, whereas in A. laccatus the edge of the pileus is rather 

 incurved. 



104. A. sitlpJmreiis, Bull, (brimstone Agaric) ; pileus carnose 

 subumbonate slightly silky dirty-yellow with a tinge of red, 

 gills arcuato-adnate rather distant sulphur-coloured as well as 

 the stuffed stem. Bull. t. 168, 545./. 2. Sow. t. 44. Purt. v, 

 2 S^ S. n. 912. Fr. Syst. 3Iyc. v. I. p. 110. 



Thick woods, amongst leaves and rotten sticks. Sept. — Nov. Not 

 uncommon. — Pileus 1 — 2 inches broad, fleshy, obtuse^ at length 

 expanded or depressed with a slight appearance of an umbo, sometimes 

 flexuous and irregular, dirty-yellow or ochraceous-umber, darker in the 

 centre, the margin at first involute and minutely tomentose, the whole 

 clothed with extremely minute silkiness or squamulae so as to give it a 

 pulverulent appearance, retaining the impression of the fingers ; flesh 

 yellow. Gills subdistant, rounded, flexuous, emarginate or arcuato- 

 adnate. Stem 2 inches or more high, 4 lines thick, occasionally sub- 

 bulbous, stuffed, sometimes at length hollow, the surface of the cavity 

 rather slimy, yellow within, furnished at the base occasionaJly with many 

 rather strong yellow fibrous roots. Odour disagreeable, at first farina- 

 ceous, then like that oi Hemerocallis flava. Taste unpleasant, but not 

 acrid. 



105. A. lascivus, Fr. (pale strong-scented Agaric); pileus 

 fleshy obtuse slightly silky pallid-tan, gills arcuato-adnate, 



