34. FUNGI. [Agaricus. 



not, as Fries supposes, depend upon the mere richness of the soil on 

 which it grows, for I have found it in abundance above a foot in diame- 

 ter on extremely barren soil. Fries finds it with an umbo, in my speci- 

 mens there is not the slightest trace of one. 



77. A. 7iigrescens, Lascb. (^dark infundihuliform Agaric) ; 

 pileus plane fleshy at length infundibuliform cinereous-brown, 

 dark in the centre, gills decurrent, stem thickest above solid 

 lanato-pubescent. Lasch. LinncBa. IV. p, 528. Fr. hid. Alph. 

 j9. 31. 



Amongst dead leaves. Scotland. Klotzsch, in Hook. Herb. — Pileus 

 1^ — 2 inches broad. Gills when dried of the same colour as the edge of 

 the pileus, very decurrent even in young specimens. Stem IJ inch high, 

 4 lines thick. — The characters given above are necessarily taken from 

 dried specimens, as I have no opportunity of referring to the work in 

 which the species is described. There is no doubt of its being perfectly 

 distinct. Found originally near Dresden. 



78. A. phyllophilus, Pers. (white wood Agaric); gregarious, 

 white, pileus even umbonate, at length infundibuliform, gills 

 subdecurrent, stem hollow, the base incurved villous. Pers. 

 Syn. p. 457. Fr. Syst. Mijc. v. 1. p. 83. Fl. Dan. t. 1847. 



Amongst dead leaves, especially in beech and fir woods. Sept. 



Kinnordy. Klotzsch, in Hook, Herb, amongst fir leaves " Generally 



sweet-scented, subcaespitose. Pileus 2 — 3 inches broad, slightly fleshy; 

 when young nearly plane ; sometimes repand. Stem 2 — 3 inches long, 

 obliquely-rooted at the base." Fr. 1. c. 



79. A. jiebuldris, Batsch, (neiv-cheese Agaric) ; pileus com- 

 pact even cinereous, gills subdecurrent close whitish, stem 

 stuffed, attenuated upwards. Batsch, Cont. 2. f. 193. Pers. 

 Sy7i. p. 349. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. I. p. 86. FL Dan. t. 1784, 

 Roques, Hist, des Champ, t. 15. y. 5. — A. mollis. Bolt. t. 40. — 

 A. cuseus, With. v. A. p. 152. 



Fields and fir woods. Autumn. Not common. Halifax. Bolton. 

 Pendarvis, Cornw. Mr. Stackhouse. Duglestone, Garscube (amongst 

 fir leaves) Klotzsch, in Hook. Herb. Margate (pastures) Mev. M. J. 

 Berkeley. — Pileus 4 inches broad, at first conico-convex, fuligineo-cine- 

 reous, obtuse, the margin waved, involute and pruinose ; gradually 

 expanded with a broad umbo and quite smooth, dirty white or ochraceo- 

 fuliginous, spotted by rain ; Jiesh thick white. Gills paler than the 

 pileus, rather broad, slightly decurrent or slightly emarginate, with a 

 decurrent tooth ; often forked in distorted specimens. Stem 2 — 3 

 inches high, ^ an inch thick, 1 at the base, more or less bulbous 

 at first fibrilloso-squamulose, paler than the pileus ; solid but the 

 central substance softer, sometimes twisted ; odour strong, like that of 

 A. oreades. Excellent for food. 



80. A. ca7ialiculdtus, Schum. (swollen- stemmed Agaric); 

 pileus even smooth convex compact greyish-brown, gills 

 narrow pale flexuous behind wdth a decurrent tooth, stem 

 bulbous stuffed streaked. Schum. Flor. Siell. v. 2. p. 331. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 1844. /. 2. Fr. Syst. Myc. v.l.p. 46. Grev. Syn. 

 Scot. Cryp. Fl. p. 32. — A. tnrgidus, Grev. Crypt. FL t 9. 



