Ayaricus.] FUNGI. 41 



a deciirrent tooth connected changing colour, stem compressed 

 scarlet. Wulf. I c. 2. p. 106. Pers. Syii. p. 334. Fr. Syst. 

 Myc. v.l.p. 105. — A. Kermesinus, Fl. Dan. t. 715.—^. scarla- 

 tinus, Bull. t. 570. f, 2.— A. aurantius, Soiu.t.^^l. {scarlet 

 figure.) With. v. 4. p. 234. 



Pastures. Sept. — Oct. Extremely common — Pihiis 1—2 inches 

 broad, at first obtuse, conico-campanulate, at length inverted, sometimes 

 strongly umbonate, splitting from the centre, yellow, orange or scarlet, 

 viscid when moist, when dry pallid, appearing to the eye fibrillose, but 

 not really so ; margin thin, more or less wavy. GUIs broad, ventricose, 

 wrinkled, thick, connected by veins, retaining their colour longer than 

 the pileus, adnate, with a decurrent tooth in depressed specimens. 

 Stem 1^ inch long, ^ of an inch thick, more or less hollow, subflexuous, 

 smooth," though apparently subfihrillose, tough, but easily splitting. 

 — Fries describes the gills when full grown as purple at the base, yellow 

 in the middle, glaucous at the edge; and the stem as scarlet above, 

 always yellow at the base. 



101. A. miniutus, Fr. {dry scarlet Agaric ;) pileus convex 

 dry at length umbilicate scarlet as well as the cylindrical 

 equal subsolid stem, gills adnate distinct yellowish. Fr. Syst. 

 Myc. V. \.p. 105.—^. glutinosus, Fl. Dan. t. 1009. / 2 — A. 

 coccinellus^ Ehr. Syl. Ber. 



Grassy places in woods, especially such as are boggy. July — Aug. 

 Highlands of Scotland. Khtzsch, in Hook. Herb — Pileus ^— I inch 

 broad, obtuse, even, moist but not viscid, turning pale. Gills not decur- 

 rent nor connected by veins, distant, broad, plane, yellow with a tinge 

 of scarlet, or dull yellow. Stem 2 inches long, I line thick, brittle, even, 

 shining, at length hollow at the apex." Fr. I. c. 



D. (EsYPii ; (from oig-jtto:, dirty wool, alluding to the more 

 or less scaly opaque epidermis.) Pikus dry, minutely squa??iU' 

 lose. Gills generally arcuatO'decurrent, seldoju adnate. 



102. A. laccdtus, Scop, {lake Agaric) ; gregarious, pileus 

 subcarnose tough farinaceous with minute scales at length pale, 

 disk d('i>ressed in age, gills subdecurrent distinct distant, stem 

 long elastic. Scop. FL Cam. n. 1530. ScJurff. t. 13. Fr. 

 Syst. Myc. V. 1. p. 106. — a. pileus reddish or Hesli-coloured, 

 when dry ochraceous. — A. rnhellus S; carnvus, Schaff. t. 303, 

 304.—^. farinaccns, Bolt. t. 64. Soto. t. 208 — A. rosellifs, Sf 

 suhcarneus, With. v. 4. 102 c^ 237.— yl. larratus, Grcr. PI. Ed. 

 p. 378. Scot. Crypt. Fl. t. 249. — b. pileus amethyst-coloured, 

 whitish when dry. A. amethystinus. Bolt. t. 63. Sow. t. 187. 

 With. V. 4. p. 169. Grcv. Fl. Ed. p. 378.— yJ. livido-purpn- 

 reus, With. v. ^. ]). 23.'^. 



Woods. June — Nov. Extremely common. — J^ileus 1 — i inches 

 broad, convex, tiie centre more or less depressed, often cracked or 

 sijuamulose with a mealy appearance, subcarnose, brownish-red. llesh- 

 coloured, or bright amethyst, turning pale when dry ; margin incurved, 

 often very much lobed and waveil. Gd/s more or less of the colour of 



